Timothy Sandefur is a Principal Attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation in Sacramento, California, where he heads the Foundation’s Economic Liberty Project. He is a Cato Institute adjunct scholar, and a Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute.
Sandefur earned his law degree from Chapman University School of Law in 2002. He is the author of more than 30 scholarly articles as well as the books Cornerstone of Liberty: Property Rights in 21st Century America (2006) and The Right to Earn A Living: Economic Freedom And The Law. His articles have appeared in Liberty, National Review Online, The Claremont Review of Books, Forbes Online, The San Francisco Chronicle, Regulation, and The Washington Times, among other places. He is an adjunct professor of law at the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. In February, 2006, he became one of the youngest attorneys ever featured on the cover of California Lawyer magazine. He is a frequent guest on radio and television programs, including The Armstrong and Getty Show, the Jim Lehrer News Hour, and NPR’s This American Life. Sandefur is a graduate of Chapman University School of Law and Hillsdale College. He blogs regularly at Freespace.