Martin Redish
Areas of Focus
Overview
Martin (Marty) Redish is a leading constitutional law and First Amendment scholar who delivers sophisticated legal strategy to corporate clients. As a senior counsel in Crowell’s Litigation, Advertising and Media, and State Attorneys General practices, Marty advises major companies across various industries, including pharmaceuticals, insurance, and food and beverage on their most significant and complex issues.
Career & Education
- University of Pennsylvania, A.B., highest honors in political science, Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford Clinton Stanford Clinton Prize for Best Thesis in American Government, 1967
- Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, member of Harvard Law Review, 1970
- Illinois
Martin's Insights
Firm News | 3 min read | 02.09.24
Crowell & Moring’s Martin Redish Releases New Book: Due Process as American Democracy
Chicago – February 9, 2024: Martin (Marty) Redish, a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office and the Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy at Northwestern University School of Law, has published a new book that provides a revolutionary view of the constitutional guarantee of due process.
Representative Matters
Over the course of his career, Marty has represented large organizations on important constitutional and jurisdictional issues, including:
- Served as a consultant and lobbyist for a multinational food manufacturer in its successful effort to stop a combined FTC and FDA attempt to impose severe restrictions on cereal advertising. As part of that effort, he met with numerous congressional staff members and authored a white paper on First Amendment protection for commercial speech which received substantial attention.
- Served, for three years, as the constitutional trouble shooter throughout the nation for Keene Corporation, an asbestos defendant, arguing numerous free speech and jurisdictional matters.
- Worked as a consultant for an agrochemical corporation on a major class action.
- Called as an expert witness before numerous congressional committees on commercial speech and class action issues, served as the tobacco industry’s expert witness on legal-ethical issues in numerous state attorney general suits, and served as an expert witness on class action issues for a U.S. insurance company.
Martin's Insights
Firm News | 3 min read | 02.09.24
Crowell & Moring’s Martin Redish Releases New Book: Due Process as American Democracy
Chicago – February 9, 2024: Martin (Marty) Redish, a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office and the Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy at Northwestern University School of Law, has published a new book that provides a revolutionary view of the constitutional guarantee of due process.
Recognition
Professional and Community Involvement
- Board of revisers, Moore’s Federal Practice
- Former member, Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Former academic consultant, Subcommittee on Judicial Independence of the Judicial Branch Committee, Judicial Conference of the United States
- Former member, Seventh Circuit Rules Advisory Committee
- Former reporter, American College of Trial Lawyers Project on Complex Civil Litigation
- Member, American Law Institute
Honors
- Daniel J. Meltzer Award, Association of American Law Schools, 2021, for outstanding scholarship in the field of Federal Courts
- Robert Childres Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence, 1987, 2006, 2014
- Ranked 17th Most-Cited Legal Scholar of All Time, William S. Hein Co., 2013
- First Year Course Teacher of the Year, 2005, 2012
- Dean’s Teaching Award, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2008
- Stanford Clinton Senior Research Professorship, 1988-1989
- L. Hart Wright Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Michigan Law School, 1988
Martin's Insights
Firm News | 3 min read | 02.09.24
Crowell & Moring’s Martin Redish Releases New Book: Due Process as American Democracy
Chicago – February 9, 2024: Martin (Marty) Redish, a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office and the Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy at Northwestern University School of Law, has published a new book that provides a revolutionary view of the constitutional guarantee of due process.
Martin's Insights
Firm News | 3 min read | 02.09.24
Crowell & Moring’s Martin Redish Releases New Book: Due Process as American Democracy
Chicago – February 9, 2024: Martin (Marty) Redish, a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Chicago office and the Louis and Harriet Ancel Professor of Law and Public Policy at Northwestern University School of Law, has published a new book that provides a revolutionary view of the constitutional guarantee of due process.
