Federalist Society

An organization of conservatives and libertarians seeking reform of the current American legal system in accordance with a textualist or originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.

Daily Beast July 2018: "The Federalist Society network is now estimated to include over 70,000 people. In 2016, they reported $25 million in net assets."

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

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Brent Hatch Utah politician

• board member

Douglas Ubben VP of Finance for Federalist Society

• VP of Finance (Feb '92→?)

Katie McClendon Director of Publications, The Federalist Society

• Director of Publications

Elizabeth Price Foley Professor of Law, Florida International University

• Expert

Leonard Leo Attorney, founded Marble Freedom Trust; former executive vice president of the Federalist Society; Republican fund raiser

• Executive Vice President

William L Saunders Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs at Americans United for Life (AUL)

• Chair of the Religious Liberties Practice Group

Daniel Z Epstein Trump nominee to serve as Judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims

• Position

Scott Henson Austin Texas based political consultant and blog author of Grits for Breakfast

• Position

Ryan Baasch

• Position

James P Sullivan General Counsel at Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott

• Position

Board Members

Jeff Ballabon An Orthodox Republican operative

• executive committee member (Nov '95→?)

John Soroko Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Duane Morris LLP

• Philadelphia Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies

William McSwain Partner, DrinkerBiddle; Trump nominee to be US Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

• Board Member, Philadelphia Chapter

Todd Zywicki George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law

• Executive Committee, Financial Institutions and E-Commerce Practice Group

Leonard Leo Attorney, founded Marble Freedom Trust; former executive vice president of the Federalist Society; Republican fund raiser

• Board co-chair

Donors

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Mercer Family Foundation consrvative Robert Mercer's private grant-making foundation

• Grant · 2,050,000 USD ('14) [+1]

• Grant · 1,600,000 USD ('13)

Donors Capital Fund DonorsTrust affiliate for $1 million+ anonymous donors

• Grant · 1,260,321 USD ('09) [+1]

• Donation · 977,942 USD ('10)

Sarah Scaife Foundation Conservative funding juggernaut

• Grant · 325,000 USD ('06) [+1]

• Grant · 300,000 USD ('09)

Claude R. Lambe Foundation Koch family controlled funding mechanism

• Grant · 194,000 USD ('01) [+1]

• Grant · 100,000 USD ('99)

Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

• Donation/Grant · 50,000 USD

The Anschutz Foundation private charitable foundation

• Donation/Grant · 50,000 USD [+2]

• Donation/Grant · 50,000 USD

• Donation/Grant · 50,000 USD

Dick And Betsy Devos Foundation

• Grant · 25,000 USD ('11)

ExxonMobil Oil and gas exploration, production, and marketing

• Donation · 15,000 USD ('13) [+2]

• Donation · 15,000 USD ('14)

• Donation/Grant · 15,000 USD ('15)

The Deramus Foundation

• Donation/Grant

Ed Snider Foundation

• Donation/Grant

Donations

Jonathan H Adler

• Paul M Bator Award ('04)

Child Organizations

Philadelphia Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society Philly Arm of the Federalist Society

• Child Org

Members

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Mark Scarsi Trump nominee to serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

• Member

Peter Thiel Billionaire venture capitalist, PayPal and Palantir Cofounder; Chess prodigy

• Member

Ada Brown Trump-appointed judge for Northern District of Texas

• Member

Reed O'Connor Texas district judge

• Member

Josh Blackman South Texas College of Law Houston

• Member

Jonathan Berry conservative lawyer. Managing Partner, Boyden Gray PLLC

• Member

Andrew D. Graham Senior Counsel, Vice President of Academic Affairs & Strategic Affairs at Alliance Defending Freedom

• Professional Responsibility & Legal Education Practice Group executive committee member

Scott McAfee US Judge serving on Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia since 2023 who was randomly selected to preside over the racketeering case, State of Georgia v. Donald J. Trump, et al

• Member

Vivek Ramaswamy Founder of Roivant; GOP candidate for President in 2024

• Member

Ron DeSantis Governor of Florida(2019-present) ; former US Representative from Florida (2013-Sept. 2018)

• Member

Memberships

Alliance Defending Freedom Legal ministry bringing together Christian lawyers

• Allied Legal Organization

Services & Transactions

CRC Advisors Right wing US political consulting firm founded by Leif Noren

• public relations representative · 3,100,000 USD ('20→?)* [+1]

• Service/Transaction · 1,565,911 USD ('21)

Gene P Hamilton Atty; America First Legal VP. Former DHS senior counsel, counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee; Trump Transition Team 2016

• Contributor to/Speaker for Federalist Society

Nick Dranias President, Compact for America Educational Foundation

• Member of Speakers Bureau (Jan '12→?)

Kate Comerford Todd Deputy White House counsel

• speaker

Gordon Dwyer Todd Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP

• contributor

Miscellaneous Relationships

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University of Notre Dame Law School The professional graduate law program of its parent institution, the University of Notre Dame

• Affiliation

Michael J. Horowitz Reagan-era OMB neoconservative lawyer

• contributor

Mike Davis veteran GOP operative and attorney

• Affiliation

David Burton Member of a Trump agency landing team, works at The Heritage Foundation

• Affiliation

Josh Craddock Judicial Law Clerk at U.S. Court of Appeals

• Affiliation

George Mason University Public university located in Fairfax, VA funded heavily by Koch Brothers

• Affiliation

Stephen Bainbridge conservative Catholic UCLA law professor

• contributor

Scott G. Stewart Mississippi solicitor general

• Affiliation

John Sauer Trump defense attorney, anti-abortion former Missouri solicitor general

• contributor

Supreme Court of the United States

• Affiliation