David F. WalbertDavid F. Walbert received undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics from Stanford and the University of Michigan before his passion for social justice drew him to the law. He returned home and attended Case Western Reserve Law School wherehe graduated at the top of his class and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. After a clerkship in Oregon with federal judge Gus Solomon, a legendary advocate for civil rights, Walbert began a five-decade career in Atlanta, Georgia. During that time, he tried a wide range of civil and criminal cases and became one of the country’s leading voting rights lawyers. He won cases as a young lawyer that dismantled electoral structures that kept Black candidates from winning office and went on to argue landmark election cases in the Supreme Court over the next thirty years. He has taught constitutional law courses and testified before Congress as an expert on voting rights legislation. Read More Read Less