A “Critical Voices: From Local to Global” discussion with election law attorney Jerry Goldfeder and Professor Frank Deale with Sorensen Center Fellow Christina Das ‘20 introducing and moderating Q&A. With less than two weeks before the 2020 Presidential election, this pop-up session was scheduled in response to many recent questions raised by members of our community. It will focus on election law, electoral college counts, and litigation — ongoing and anticipated.

Goldfeder is an election law attorney at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP. He has represented a variety of high profile candidates and elected officials, as well as unions, not-for-profits, and other groups on campaign finance, lobbying compliance, and governmental procedure cases. Goldfeder also teaches election law at University of Pennsylvania Law School and Fordham Law School, consults on political law projects, writes, and appears in the media. Goldfeder recently co-authored an article on the right to vote with Myrna Pérez, Director of Voting Rights and Election Programs at the Brennan Center.

Professor Deale teaches a voting rights class at CUNY Law. As a Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, he litigated at all levels of the federal and state court systems, including voting rights cases Rogers v. Lodge and Butts v. City of New York. He serves on the Sorensen Center’s Faculty Advisory Committee.

The Sorensen Center’s “Critical Voices: From Local to Global” speaker series features extraordinary leaders from around the world discussing groundbreaking issues.