About the Editor
ScotBlog is edited by Daniel A. Horwitz, a constitutional lawyer practicing in Nashville, Tennessee. Horwitz is a nationally renowned impact litigator and the recipient of the 2018 Harris Gilbert Award from the Tennessee Bar Association. Horwitz has also been recognized by the American Bar Association as one of the top 40 young lawyers in the United States and has repeatedly been named one of the “Best of the Best” lawyers in Nashville by the Nashville Post. His selected case history is available here.
Horwitz is a graduate of Cornell University and Vanderbilt Law School. He is admitted to practice law in every court in Tennessee as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits. A former judicial law clerk for the Tennessee Supreme Court, Horwitz’s award-winning legal scholarship has appeared in numerous law journals including the Harvard Latino Law Review, the University of Memphis Law Review, the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy, the SMU Science and Technology Law Review, the Tennessee Bar Journal, and the Nashville Bar Journal. His work has also been cited in several other legal and popular publications including the Washington Post, NPR, the Associated Press, the American Bar Association Journal, Forbes, the Nashville Business Journal, The Tennessean, the Nashville Post, The Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Nashville Scene, Slate, and in multiple pleadings filed before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Horwitz’s law practice consists primarily of speech defense, criminal and civil appeals, constitutional litigation, amicus curiae representation, criminal record expungement, and representing victims of crime. He is also a former member of the Tennessee Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and an active member of numerous community organizations in Nashville including the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (TACDL), which regularly handles appeals before the Tennessee Supreme Court. Horwitz serves as general counsel for Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws, an election reform advocacy group, and he is the founder and editor of the Tennessee Free Speech Blog.
Horwitz can be reached via email at [email protected]. If you would like to purchase a case consultation from him, you may do so here.
About Scotblog
ScotBlog is a legal blog dedicated to covering the Supreme Court of Tennessee (SCOT), alternately called the Tennessee Supreme Court, as well as other interesting legal issues throughout Tennessee. It is edited by Daniel A. Horwitz, an appellate attorney practicing in Nashville, Tennessee, who previously served as a judicial law clerk for Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Sharon G. Lee.
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