Event: Litigating the COVID Lockdown with Heather Gebelin Hacker, Robert Dunn, and Ryan Walsh
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Online event
Please join the Dallas, Amarillo, Austin, Ft Worth, Houston, and Tyler Lawyers Chapters of the Federalist Society for a conversation about litigating COVID lockdowns.
Heather Gebelin Hacker is a partner at Hacker Stephens LLP. Before her time in the private sector, Heather served as an Assistant Solicitor General in the Texas Attorney General’s office, representing the State in its most critical appellate litigation and advising senior officials and state agencies on important legal issues. She has extensive appellate experience, including before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appeals courts, and the Texas Supreme Court. Her clients have included the Governor of Texas, the Attorney General of Texas, the University of Texas System, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Texas Legislature, among others.
Robert Dunn is Of Counsel at Eimer Stahl. He focuses his practice on appellate and complex litigation and has represented clients before the Supreme Court of the United States, various state and appellate courts, and various federal district courts. Before beginning his legal practice, Rob served as a law clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court for the Honorable Clarence Thomas, and on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for the Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain.
Ryan Walsh is a partner at Eimer Stahl LLP. He focuses his practice on corporate counseling and appellate and complex commercial litigation. Ryan previously served as Wisconsin’s Chief Deputy Solicitor General, law clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court for the Honorable Antonin Scalia, and law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for the Honorable Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain. In 2017, Ryan was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30: Law and Policy” list.