Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Jay Sekulow - A New Yorker turned eminent civil attorney


Jay Alan Sekulow is a renowned and successful civil rights litigator from Brooklyn, New York. Mr. Sekulow was born on June 10, 1956. Currently he is working as the Chief Counsel for American Center for Law and justice. In addition to being a famous attorney, he is also a talk show host. His shows are aired on both TV and radio. He is often seen as a guest commentator on Fox News Channel.

Mr. Sekulow started off as a tax trail attorney for IRS (Internal Revenue Service) where he used to bring lawsuits in the US tax court on the behalf of department of treasury.

People say that he is supposedly one of the ‘four horsemen’ who are thought to have engineered the nominations for John G Roberts to the Supreme Court.

Mr. Sekulow has argued more than ten times in front of US Supreme Court, and prominently known for arguing key issues related to first amendments.