Dr. Daniel Deacon

Biography

Daniel Deacon is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan Law School, where his scholarly focus includes administrative law, statutory interpretation, and communications law. He has authored works that explore a broad range of topics, including the Supreme Court’s use of historical practice in administrative law cases and the obligations of agencies to respond to alternatives when choosing a course of action. Among his contributions, an article on the Supreme Court's recent major questions doctrine, co-written with Professor Leah Litman, won the Richard D. Cudahy Writing Competition by the Regulatory Administrative Law Committee of the American Constitution Society. His scholarship has been published in prestigious law journals such as the Columbia Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Yale Law Journal, and Administrative Law Review. In addition to his academic endeavors, Deacon serves as an academic consultant for the Administrative Conference of the United States, focusing on best practices for drafting regulatory preambles. Prior to his academic career, he practiced law at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale Dorr LLP, where he represented clients in matters before the Federal Communications Commission and various levels of the federal judiciary. Deacon also represented the ACLU of Michigan before the Michigan Supreme Court, securing a ruling that discrimination based on sexual orientation violates state civil rights laws.

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