Education
- Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1992; Kent Scholar and Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., History, 1989; summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa)
Bar & Court Admissions
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Texas, 1993
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Florida, 1996 (inactive)
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Washington, D.C., 2010
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Supreme Court of the United States, 2003
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1993
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2019
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1993
Professional Activities
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American Law Institute (elected in 2010)
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Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Houston, 2000-09
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Adjunct Professor of Law, American University, 2009-present
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Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University, 2010-present
Clerkship
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Hon. Carolyn King
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1992-93
Publications
- Recurring Ethical Issues Related to Federal Sentencing, 43 J. of the Legal Prof. 35 (2018)
- The History of the Original United States Sentencing Commission, 1985-87, 45 Hofstra L. Rev. 1167 (2017)
- The Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment Scorecard, 13 Stanford Journal of Civ. Rts. & Civ. Liberties 1 (2017)
- The Real-World Fourth Amendment, 43 Hastings Const. L. Quarterly 759 (2016)
- Practical Criminal Procedure: A Constitutional Manual (3rd ed., NITA/LEXIS 2017)
- Criminal Litigation and Legal Issues in Criminal Procedure: Readings and Hypothetical Exercises (4th ed., NITA/LEXIS 2014)
Brent Newton
of counsel
Brent has extensive litigation experience, having handled many hundreds of cases at all levels of the state and federal court systems, including arguing a case before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2008. His current practice focuses on commercial litigation. Before joining Wittliff Cutter LLP, he served as the deputy director of the United States Sentencing Commission in Washington, D.C., for a decade, and, before that, was a state and federal public defender for 16 years. After law school, he clerked for Judge Carolyn King of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Houston. He also has been an active adjunct law professor for two decades, having taught a wide variety of courses in civil and criminal law. He currently teaches at both American and Georgetown Universities.
Education
- Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1992; Kent Scholar and Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., History, 1989; summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa)
Bar & Court Admissions
- Texas, 1993
- Florida, 1996 (inactive)
- Washington, D.C., 2010
- Supreme Court of the United States, 2003
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2019
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, 1993
Professional Activities
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American Law Institute (elected in 2010)
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Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Houston, 2000-09
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Adjunct Professor of Law, American University, 2009-present
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Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University, 2010-present
Clerkship
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Hon. Carolyn King
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1992-93
Publications
- Recurring Ethical Issues Related to Federal Sentencing, 43 J. of the Legal Prof. 35 (2018)
- The History of the Original United States Sentencing Commission, 1985-87, 45 Hofstra L. Rev. 1167 (2017)
- The Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment Scorecard, 13 Stanford Journal of Civ. Rts. & Civ. Liberties 1 (2017)
- The Real-World Fourth Amendment, 43 Hastings Const. L. Quarterly 759 (2016)
- Practical Criminal Procedure: A Constitutional Manual (3rd ed., NITA/LEXIS 2017)
- Criminal Litigation and Legal Issues in Criminal Procedure: Readings and Hypothetical Exercises (4th ed., NITA/LEXIS 2014)