James Kerwin is Senior Counsel for the Mountain States Legal Foundation. His practice focuses on protecting First Amendment rights, especially freedoms of speech and association, curbing administrative overreach, and pushing back against trends that replace considerations of merit with group-based identities. Mr. Kerwin graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. After clerkships with the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, he built a career litigating high stakes cases in New York City, including defending against activist-led civil rights class actions and battling public sector unions in state and federal court. Mr. Kerwin is licensed in Colorado and New York.
