David Earley

Counsel

Mr. Earley serves as counsel in the Democracy Program where he focuses on money in politics and fair courts.  In this role, Mr. Earley works on election law cases in courts across the country, including before the U.S. Supreme Court.  He also submits public comments to state and federal government officials on election law matters and publishes reports on current issues in money in politics.

Before joining the Brennan Center, Mr. Earley was a summer associate at the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf in New York for one summer and was a summer associate and administrative clerk over the course of four summers at the law firm of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love in Parkersburg, West Virginia.

In 2010, Mr. Earley graduated cum laude from NYU School of Law where he was an Article Editor for the New York University Annual Survey of American Law.  He received a B.S., magna cum laude, from Duke University in Economics and Sociology.