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Philip Hamburger

Philip Hamburger

Chief Executive Officer


Philip Hamburger is a scholar of constitutional law and its history at Columbia Law School. He received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and his J.D. from Yale Law School. Before coming to Columbia, he was the John P. Wilson Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. He also taught at George Washington University Law School, Northwestern Law School, University of Virginia Law School, and the University of Connecticut Law School. Professor Hamburger’s contributions are unrivaled by any U.S. legal scholar in driving the national conversations on the First Amendment and the separation of church and state and on administrative power. His work on administrative power has been celebrated by organizations like the Manhattan Institute and the Bradley Foundation, among others.

Washington Examiner: SEC Appointments Scandal, by Philip Hamburger

By: Philip Hamburger April 20, 2018
In the News
Written by Philip Hamburger The Securities and Exchange Commission enjoys its prestige because of its important task in regulating the securities markets, and because it is widely assumed that it acts fairly and lawfully in prosecuting and punishing insider traders. But that venerable reputation has come under fire in recent years, and the SEC now…
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