Dr. William Sharon

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William Sharon is a lecturer at Columbia Law School, specializing in appellate litigation with a focus on the Supreme Court. His practice involves drafting and arguing motions and appellate briefs across federal and state courts, representing clients at various stages of Supreme Court certiorari and merits. He regularly engages in landmark civil rights cases that address the religion clauses of the First Amendment. In addition to his active legal practice, William is involved in research and writing on issues related to law and religion. His recent scholarship, titled 'Religious Secular Comparators', published in the 30th volume of the George Mason Law Review, analyzes the Supreme Court's jurisprudence concerning the Free Exercise Clause. He began his career clerking for Judges Scott M. Matheson, Jr. at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Pamela K. Chen at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. A graduate of Columbia Law School, he was a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as Notes Editor for the Columbia Journal of Race and Law. He earned his undergraduate degree from Ohio State University.

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