Anthony Gaughan Profile

Professor of Law

Kern Family Chair in Law

515-271-2060
anthony.gaughan@drake.edu

Areas of Expertise

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Election Law, Legal and Constitutional History

Education

JD – Harvard Law School 
PhD (history) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA – Louisiana State University
BA – University of Minnesota

Professional Experience

Drake Law School professor since 2011
Iraq War veteran and former U.S. Navy officer
Five years as litigator with large Wisconsin law firm
Senior Fellow in the Election Law Program at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Appointed by the Iowa Supreme Court to the Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure Review Task Force

Selected Publications

• The Unsettled State of Corporate General Personal Jurisdiction, 103 Nebraska Law Review 131 (2024)
• "Voting in Colonial and Revolutionary America," in Eugene Mazo, ed., The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law (Oxford University Press, forthcoming in 2024)
• Redistricting in the Political Thicket: The Ghosts of Colegrove v. Green, 111 Kentucky Law Journal 589 (2023)
• The Influence of Partisanship on Supreme Court Election Law Rulings, 36 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 553 (2022)
• The Dynamics of Democratic Breakdown: A Case Study of the American Civil War, 11 British Journal of American Legal Studies 113 (2022) (peer reviewed)

Significant Accomplishments

• Elected Member of the American Law Institute
• Leland Forrest Outstanding Professor of the Year, Drake University Law School (2015, 2016, and 2021)
• Defense Meritorious Service Medal, U.S. Department of Defense for service in Iraq (2008-2009)
• Iraq Campaign Medal, U.S. Department of Defense (2009)
• Excellence in Teaching Award from The Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000)
• French-Felton Award for Inspirational Teaching, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998)

Additional Information

ALI Biographical Profile

Anthony Gaughan Curriculum Vitae

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