William W. Taylor III, the lead attorney for the Oneida Indian Nation of New York, will speak at Hamilton College on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn as part of a lecture series sponsored by Hamilton's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center titled "The Responsibilities of a Superpower." Taylor's lecture is titled "Legal Issues in the Native-American Land Claim Cases." This and all lectures in the series are free and open to the public.
A graduate of Yale Law School, Taylor has been in private practice as a civil and criminal litigator for more than 30 years and is currently a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in Washington, D.C., where he focuses on white collar crime, regulatory matters, commercial litigation and Native American rights. Taylor has represented individuals and entities involved in defense procurement, antitrust, environmental issues, health care, securities, and tax investigations. Taylor represents current and former public officials, lawyers, and law firms, including the chief of staff to President Clinton and the finance chair of the Democratic National Committee and other public officials in the Whitewater and DNC fundraising investigations. He is counsel to the Oneida Indian Nation of New York in its land claim and other litigation. In addition to his membership of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee, Taylor is an American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow.
This is the final lecture in the fall semester. Speakers for the "Responsibilities of a Superpower" series for the spring semester include Alan Kruger, professor of economics and public affairs and director of the industrial relations section at Princeton University, speaking on "The Economics of Terrorism," on Feb. 13; Jagdish Bhagwati, senior fellow in international economics at the Maurice R. Greenburg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and professor of international studies at Columbia University, on March 6; and Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and political science and sociology professor at Stanford University, on April 12.
The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is committed to creating opportunities for students to become involved in public affairs and connecting Hamilton students with the non-Hamilton community through speaker series, funding of student research projects, surveys and collaborative efforts with local agencies including Communities that Care, Project SHINE, and The Women's Fund of Oneida and Herkimer Counties.
A graduate of Yale Law School, Taylor has been in private practice as a civil and criminal litigator for more than 30 years and is currently a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder LLP in Washington, D.C., where he focuses on white collar crime, regulatory matters, commercial litigation and Native American rights. Taylor has represented individuals and entities involved in defense procurement, antitrust, environmental issues, health care, securities, and tax investigations. Taylor represents current and former public officials, lawyers, and law firms, including the chief of staff to President Clinton and the finance chair of the Democratic National Committee and other public officials in the Whitewater and DNC fundraising investigations. He is counsel to the Oneida Indian Nation of New York in its land claim and other litigation. In addition to his membership of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee, Taylor is an American College of Trial Lawyers Fellow.
This is the final lecture in the fall semester. Speakers for the "Responsibilities of a Superpower" series for the spring semester include Alan Kruger, professor of economics and public affairs and director of the industrial relations section at Princeton University, speaking on "The Economics of Terrorism," on Feb. 13; Jagdish Bhagwati, senior fellow in international economics at the Maurice R. Greenburg Center for Geoeconomic Studies and professor of international studies at Columbia University, on March 6; and Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and political science and sociology professor at Stanford University, on April 12.
The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is committed to creating opportunities for students to become involved in public affairs and connecting Hamilton students with the non-Hamilton community through speaker series, funding of student research projects, surveys and collaborative efforts with local agencies including Communities that Care, Project SHINE, and The Women's Fund of Oneida and Herkimer Counties.
