US Justice Department Names New Attorney in Suit Filed by iMEGA
 

The US Department of Justice named a new attorney for their defense in iMEGA v. Gonzales, et al,  the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association's challenge of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) which now moves to the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
 
Nicholas John Bagley is a fairly new attorney with the US DoJ, joining in late 2007. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 2005, near the top of his class and Order of the Coif. He received his bachelors degree from Yale University. Mr.Bagley, who taught 8th grade English in a NYC public school before matriculating at NYU, clerked for Judge David Tatel of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and then Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
 
Mr. Bagley is currently listed as counsel for the government in 15 cases in federal appellate courts across the country, as follows:
 
THIRD CIRCUIT: National Taxpayers Union v. HHS (07-3381); iMEGA v. U.S. (08-1981).
 
FOURTH CIRCUIT: U.S. v. Graydon Comstock (07-7671); U.S. v. Shane Catron (07-7672): U.S v. Thomas Matherly (07-7673); U.S. v. Marvin Vigil (07-7674); U.S. v. Markis Revand (07-7675).
 
NINTH CIRCUIT: Singh, et al. v. Mukasey (04-73038); Nada, et al. v. Mukasey (05-75306); Clark, et al. v. U.S. (07-16554); AFL-CIO v. Chertoff, et al. (07-17241).
 
DC CIRCUIT: Howard v. Lockhart (07-5282); Hettinga v. U.S. (07-5403); In re: Fannie Mae, et al. v. Howad, et al. (07-5014); Nat'l Assoc. of Manufacturers v. Taylor, et al. (08-5085).
 
Mr. Bagley has also been published this year in an op-ed from the Sacramento Bee: http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/665998.html
 
...and Slate (and the WaPo):  http://www.slate.com/id/2182709/nav/tap3/

 

 

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