Ken Gormley (academic)
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Ken Gormley is the dean and a constitutional law professor at Duquesne University
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
. He also serves as Counsel to Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP. He is an expert on Watergate and special prosecutors.
Gormley joined the Duquesne Law faculty in 1994 after clerking for U.S. District Judge Donald E. Ziegler; teaching at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law; engaging in private practice; serving as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission; and serving as special clerk to Justice Ralph J. Cappy of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He earned his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
He writes for popular publications ranging from Rolling Stone
to the ABA Journal
and is author of Archibald Cox
: The Conscience of a Nation. An expert on the constitutional crises presented by Watergate, he also specializes in privacy issues and, in 2006, testified before the U.S. Senate regarding warrantless surveillance. His most recent book, The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr, was released on February 16, 2010.
Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
. He also serves as Counsel to Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP. He is an expert on Watergate and special prosecutors.
Gormley joined the Duquesne Law faculty in 1994 after clerking for U.S. District Judge Donald E. Ziegler; teaching at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law; engaging in private practice; serving as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission; and serving as special clerk to Justice Ralph J. Cappy of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He earned his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
He writes for popular publications ranging from Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
to the ABA Journal
ABA Journal
The ABA Journal is a monthly legal trade magazine and the flagship publication of the American Bar Association. It claims to be "read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month"...
and is author of Archibald Cox
Archibald Cox
Archibald Cox, Jr., was an American lawyer and law professor who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy. He became known as the first special prosecutor for the Watergate scandal. During his career, he was a pioneering expert on labor law and also an authority on...
: The Conscience of a Nation. An expert on the constitutional crises presented by Watergate, he also specializes in privacy issues and, in 2006, testified before the U.S. Senate regarding warrantless surveillance. His most recent book, The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr, was released on February 16, 2010.