Michael J Gerhardt is the Samuel Ashe Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill.
17 Facts About Michael Gerhardt
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Michael Gerhardt is the director of the Center on Law and Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is an expert on constitutional law, separation of powers, and the legislative process.
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Michael Gerhardt is a Scholar in Residence at the National Constitution Center and visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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On December 2,2019, it was announced that Gerhardt would testify before the House Judiciary Committee regarding the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment in the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.
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Michael Gerhardt was born in 1956 in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up in Mobile, Alabama, where he attended UMS-Wright and was ranked second in the state in junior tennis.
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Michael Gerhardt served as a clerk for Chief Judge Robert McRae of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee and Judge Gilbert Merritt of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1983 to 1984.
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Michael Gerhardt then worked for two law firms in Washington, DC and Atlanta.
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Michael Gerhardt is the author of several books regarding constitutional law and history, including The Power of Precedent.
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Michael Gerhardt has assisted members of Congress and the White House on a range of various constitutional issues, beginning with drafting the judicial selection policy for the transition of Bill Clinton into office.
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Michael Gerhardt then worked with the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal.
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Michael Gerhardt has testified several times before the House Judiciary Committee, including as the only joint witness in the 1998 hearing on the history of US impeachment, during the consideration of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
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Michael Gerhardt has testified before the Senate regarding the constitutionality of filibustering.
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Michael Gerhardt has worked and testified in Senate confirmation proceedings for Supreme Court Justices, beginning in 1994 when he counseled the White House regarding Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's confirmation hearings.
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Michael Gerhardt then served as a witness in the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on the nomination of Samuel Alito, to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
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In 2012, Michael Gerhardt testified again before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Michael Gerhardt is interviewed frequently by many news outlets, including National Public Radio, as an expert on constitutional law and issues.
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Michael Gerhardt is married to Deborah Michael Gerhardt, who teaches contracts, copyright, and trademark law at the University of North Carolina School of Law.