Dead or Alive: The Second Amendment in the Post-Trump Courts

Alan Gura

Please join us for a special presentation by Mr. Alan Gura as he addresses recent cases and controversies involving the Second Amendment, including New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. City of New York, NY, a case currently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging restrictions on handgun licenses issued by the City of New York that prevents licensees from transporting their weapons outside the City of New York.

In 2013, the National Law Journal named Mr. Gura one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America. Mr. Gura, an expert on Second Amendment issues, has argued two landmark Second Amendment precedents before the Supreme Court, District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), and McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010). He also teaches strategic litigation as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. Prior to founding his firm, Gura PLLC, he served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of California, as Counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee and as a litigation associate for the Washington offices of Sidley Austin. Mr. Gura began his career clerking for U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle, in the Eastern District of North Carolina. He is a graduate of Cornell University (B.A.) and of Georgetown Law School (J.D.).

When: Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 11:30 a.m. (registration), 12:00 pm (lunch)

Where: First Floor Conference Center, 2040 Main Street, 1st Floor, Irvine, CA 92614. Parking in the structure; please bring your parking ticket for validation by the lobby ambassador before or after the lunch.

Cost: $30 member/ $35 nonmember/ $20 students/judges for lunch and 1 hour of MCLE credit. (The Federalist Society is a California State Bar approved provider of MCLE).

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