Operations and Editorial Director Managing Editor, Criticalrace.org
Kemberlee Kaye
Of Counsel, Equal Protection Project
Ameer Benno
Of Counsel and Research Fellow, Equal Protection Project
Jim Nault
Attorney, Equal Protection Project
Robert Fox
Administrative and Development Coordinator
Kristee Masters
Senior Research Fellow, Equal Protection Project
Mark J. Perry
Research Scholar
Nora Clinton
President and Director
William A. Jacobson
William A. Jacobson is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School. He is a 1981 graduate of Hamilton College and a 1984 graduate of Harvard Law School. Prior to joining the Cornell law faculty in 2007, Professor Jacobson practiced law in New York City (1985-1993) and Providence, Rhode Island (1994-2006). A more complete listing of Professor Jacobson’s professional background is available at the Cornell Law School website.
Professor Jacobson was the founder of Legal Insurrection website in 2008.
Director and Treasurer
Martha Wallick
Martha Wallick has been active in the Rhode Island community for decades, including serving at various times as President, Secretary and Chair of the Barrington Public Schools PTO, a Board member of the Barrington Education Foundation, and the Barrington Board of Canvassers. She was a 2016 Rhode Island Elector, and is active in state politics, and worked at the 2016 Republican National Convention as the RI Delegation Aide.
Director and Secretary
Lisa Daft
Lisa Daft is a lifelong RI resident who is an active volunteer in the Barrington RI Community. She received her DMD degree from Temple University School of Dentistry and is a full time practicing dentist. She has served in several leadership and fundraising roles in the Barrington Public Schools and has served as a member of the Barrington Committee on Appropriations. Currently, she is the Chairwoman of the Barrington Republican Town Committee and is a member of the advisory board for the East Providence High School Dental Assisting Program.
Operations and Editorial Director Managing Editor, Criticalrace.org
Kemberlee Kaye
Kemberlee Kaye is a graduate of Texas A&M University and has a background working in immigration law, and as a grassroots organizer, digital media strategist, campaign lackey, and muckraker. Over the years Kemberlee has worked with FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity, James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, and Senate re-election campaigns, among others. Kemberlee is the Senior Contributing Editor of Legal Insurrection website, where she has worked since 2014. She also serves as the Managing Editor for CriticalRace.org, a research project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation.
Kemberlee, her daughter, and her son live in Texas.
Of Counsel, Equal Protection Project
Ameer Benno
Ameer Benno is a civil rights and appellate attorney with the law firm of Benno & Associates P.C. in New York City. He received his bachelor’s degree with honors from Johns Hopkins University, and his law degree from Cornell Law School. Mr. Benno appears frequently on national television and radio news media to give legal analysis and commentary, and he regularly lectures on topics having to do with the U.S. Supreme Court, constitutional law, appellate advocacy and trial practice. He lives with his wife and three daughters on Long Island.
Of Counsel and Research Fellow, Equal Protection Project
Jim Nault
Jim Nault is an attorney and a retired U.S. Navy Captain and the former Commanding Officer of USS Toledo (SSN-769), an improved, Tomahawk capable Los Angeles class attack submarine homeported in Groton, CT. He is a 1981 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, has Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and National Security Affairs, and graduated from Cornell Law School with honors in 2011. He is a registered patent attorney and was an intellectual property litigation associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson LLP in New York and at Robinson & Cole LLP in Hartford, CT. He also served as law clerk for Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Attorney, Equal Protection Project
Robert Fox
Robert J. Fox is a former Deputy Attorney General for the State of Indiana, where he had the privilege of serving Hoosiers. He earned his bachelor’s degree with honors from DePaul University and his law degree from Indiana University School of Law. In addition to his legal career, Robert has contributed to various political campaigns, including the successful U.S. Senate campaign of Mike Braun. He lives in the suburbs of Indianapolis with his wife and daughter.
Administrative and Development Coordinator
Kristee Masters
Kristee graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Human Resources. She worked for several years in Oil & Gas, specializing in Human Resources for the offshore drilling sector. Kristee has worked for Pride International, Ensco PLC and Seadrill with a focus on International Employment. She is a devout Texan and believes queso should be a main food group. Kristee and her husband live happily in small town Texas.
Senior Research Fellow, Equal Protection Project
Mark J. Perry
Mark J. Perry is a 1993 graduate of the Ph.D. program in economics at George Mason University and he received an MBA in finance from the University of Minnesota in 1987. He taught economics at the Flint campus of the University of Michigan for 25 years before retiring from teaching in 2021. For 12 of those years, Mark held a joint appointment as a scholar at The American Enterprise Institute, where he was the creator and editor of the popular Carpe Diem blog. In recent years, Mark has worked tirelessly to challenge the widespread illegal sex and race discrimination in higher education by filing more than 900 federal civil rights complaints with the Office for Civil Rights. He lives with his wife in a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Nora D. Clinton was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria. She holds a PhD in Classics and has published extensively on ancient documents on stone. In 2020, she authored the popular memoir Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds. Nora is a co-founder of two partner charities dedicated to academic cooperation and American values. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and son.
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