DAVID N. MAYER
[Revised 11/30/2007]
Capital University Law School
303 E. Broad Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
phone: (614) 236-6561
FAX: (614) 236-6956
email: dmayer@law.capital.edu
Education
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES,
Charlottesville, Virginia
Ph.D. in History awarded August, 1988
M.A. in History awarded August, 1982
Fields of study: American History, especially Revolutionary/Early National periods; English and U.S. Legal/Constitutional History (all periods); History of Anglo-American Political Thought
Dissertation: "The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson"
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL
Ann Arbor, Michigan
J.D. cum laude awarded May, 1980
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE & ARTS,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
A.B. with Distinction, Highest Honors in History awarded May, 1977
Academic Positions
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY
Columbus, Ohio
Professor of Law, since 1994
Associate Professor of Law, 1990-94
Tenured law faculty appointment, teaching courses in Law and American History, (English) Legal History, Copyright Law, Unfair Trade Practices, and seminars in American Constitutional History and in Libertarianism and the Law in the Law School as well as courses in U.S. Constitutional History in the College of Arts and Sciences (History and Political Science Departments)
CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, 1988-90
Two-year appointment, teaching courses in Copyright Law, Legal Writing I & II, and a seminar in American Constitutional History (Origin of the Bill of Rights)
INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, Virginia
R. C. Hoiles Postdoctoral Fellow, 1987-88
Full-time, 13-month appointment for scholarly research and writing
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES),
Charlottesville, Virginia
Graduate Instructor, HIUS 251-252 (U.S. History), 1983-84
Graduate Instructor, HIEU 235-236 (History of England), 1982-83
Instructor, NC 413 (Thomas Jefferson, The Man and His Ideas), Spring 1984
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE & ARTS),
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Instructor, College Course 377 (The Writings of Thomas Jefferson), Spring 1978 and Fall 1978
Other Employment
PIERSON SEMMES AND FINLEY, Washington, D.C.
Associate Attorney, August 1984 to May 1987
Principal areas of practice included: energy and litigation (contract damages and antitrust litigation in federal court and in Louisiana state courts involving a major interstate natural gas pipeline company and its electric utility customers), tax (tax-exempt organizations), and copyright, trademark and patent law.
LEWIS & ROCA, Phoenix, Arizona
Summer Associate, 1979
MCGUIRE, WOODS & BATTLE, Charlottesville, Virginia
Summer Associate, 1979
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (OFFICE OF CAREER PLANNING AND PLACEMENT), Ann Arbor, Michigan
Pre-law Counselor, 1978-79 and 1979-80
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (OFFICE OF ORIENTATION), Ann Arbor, Michigan
Coordinator, Summer Orientation Program for New Students, 1977 and 1978
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (HOUSING OFFICE), Ann Arbor, MI
Resident Advisor, Mary Markley Hall, 1976-77
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS (CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE), Washington, D.C.
Research Assistant, 1974
Honors and Awards
Silver Medal for Good Citizenship, National Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution (awarded by the Virginia Society), 2007
Outstanding Service on the Summer Seminar Faculty, Institute for Objectivist Studies, 1999
Upperclass Professor of the Year, Capital University Law School (Student Bar Association), 1998-99
Theodore R. Simson Faculty Appreciation Award (Capital University Law School), 1994
Salvatori Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, 1992-94
R.C. Hoiles Postdoctoral Fellowship (Institute for Humane Studies), 1987-88
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Fellowship (University of Virginia), 1980-81 and 1981-82
President's Fellowship (University of Virginia), 1980-81, 1981-82 and 1982-83
Phi Beta Kappa (The University of Michigan), 1977
Hopwood Award in Creative Writing, First Place, Major Essay (University of Michigan), 1977
John A. Williams Award (Best Senior Honors Thesis in American History, University of Michigan), 1977
Extraordinary Merit Award (University of Michigan), 1976
James B. Angell Scholar (University of Michigan), 1976
Current Memberships
American
Intellectual Property Law Association (Academic Member), since 2004
Association of American Law Schools, Sections in Constitutional Law, Legal
History, and Intellectual Property, since 1990
The Atlas
Society/The Objectivist Center (formerly Institute for Objectivist Studies)
(Sponsor), since 1990
Buckeye
Institute for Public Policy Solutions (Board of Research Advisors), since 1994
Cato
Institute (Sponsor), since 1990
Cato Supreme Court Review
(Editorial Board), since 2002
The College of the
United States (Advisory Board), since 2007
Columbus
Intellectual Property Law Association, since 1993
District
of Columbia Bar, since 1984
Federalist
Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, since 1992
Federalist
Society Directory of Legal Experts, since 1999
Federalist
Society,
Capital
University Law School chapter (Faculty Advisor), since 1992
Federalist
Society, Student Division Speakers Bureau, since 2004
Foundation
for Economic Education, since 2002
Foundation
for Individual Rights in Education, since 2002
Gun Owners
of America, since 1999
Heritage
Foundation Resource Bank (Public Policy Expert), since 1995
Humane
Studies / Claude R. Lambe Fellowship Academic Review Committee, Institute for
Humane Studies, since 1990
Institute
for Justice (Associate), since 1997
Mackinac
Associates, since 1986
National
Association of Scholars, since 1999
National
Association of Scholars,
Ohio
chapter, since 2002
National
Rifle Association, since 1999
Ohio State
Bar Association, since 1992
Phi Alpha
Theta (History Honorary Society), Alpha-Zeta-Nu Chapter (Capital University,
Charter Member), since 1993
University
of Virginia Alumni Association, since 1988
Past Memberships
Academics
for the Second Amendment, 1993-95
American
Bar Association, 1988-99
American
Historical Association, 1987-94
American
Society for Legal History, 1981-2006
John M.
Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs,
Ashland
University, Ashland Ohio (Adjunct Scholar), 1999-2001
Law
Professors for Bush-Cheney, 2000
Lawyers'
Second Amendment Society, 1995-97
The
Objectivist Center Speakers’ Bureau, 1999-2001
Organization of American Historians, 1988-95
Republican
Liberty Caucus, 1997-2005
Scholars
Commission on the Jefferson-Hemings Matter, The Thomas Jefferson Heritage
Society, 2000-2001
Society
for Historians of the Early American Republic, 1995-2002
Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Foundation National Speakers' Bureau, 1993-2000
University
of Michigan Alumni Association, 1977-2000
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