John J. Bursch, partner at Warner Norcross & Judd, will deliver the 2015 Constitution Day lecture. He co-chairs Warner’s Appellate & Supreme Court Practice. As reported in The Wall Street Journal, John argued more than 6% of all the cases before the U.S. Supreme Court from March 2011 through 2013, compiling a record the National Law Journal observed “even more veteran high court advocates would envy.” John represents Fortune 500 companies, foreign, state, and local governments, top public officials, and industry associations in high-stakes cases with extensive publicity (see below). John participated in 30% of the U.S. Supreme Court cases that The Wall Street Journal identified as the “biggest” of last Term, and he argued 12% of the non-criminal Michigan Supreme Court cases during the 2014 Term, including the case challenging Michigan’s Right to Work law. National commentators have described his oral advocacy as “unflappable,” “remarkable,” and “brilliant.” “He’s sure-footed, never wavers from his coherent theory of the case, leaves nothing on the table, and ends on exactly the right note.”

This lecture is sponsored by the U-M Office of the Provost and is free and open to the public.