- Fair and Just Courts
- Government Accountability
- Church-State Issues
Senior Fellow Elliot Mincberg has researched and analyzed the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice, religious liberty and other civil rights/civil liberties issues for more than three decades. At PFAW, Elliot’s work centers around judicial appointments, which he’s focused on since Robert Bork’s nomination to the Supreme Court, and right-wing attacks on LGBT rights and religious liberty. Prior to his role as senior fellow at PFAW, he served as legal director and general counsel for PFAW and PFAW Foundation, as chief counsel for oversight and investigations of the House Judiciary Committee, and as a partner at a major DC law firm. He also serves on the Committee on Religious Liberty of the National Council of Churches and the National Advisory Board of the Religious Freedom Center of the Newseum Institute.
Mincberg has been cited as an expert in national publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Nation and has appeared on national broadcast outlets such as CNN and NPR. He’s testified before Congress on key issues and his work has been published in outlets such as the Aspen Journal of Ideas, Salon, and the Huffington Post. He has actively participated in federal and state court litigation at all levels on religious liberty, discrimination, and voting rights issues.
Elliot Mincberg's Areas of Expertise
All Posts
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Blog Post | February 12, 2024
Biden Judge Rules That Claim Against Corporations for Envronmental Cleanup Costs Can Go Forward
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Blog Post | February 12, 2024
Biden Judges Issue Important Rulings in January on Workers’ Rights and Other Issues
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Blog Post | February 7, 2024
Biden Judges Reverse Order Penalizing Individual who Sued the Law Firm that Foreclosed on His Home
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Blog Post | February 7, 2024
Biden Judges Join with Conservative Judge to Reject Trump Absolute Immunity Claim and Set Strict Deadline for Appeal
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Blog Post | February 5, 2024
Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Affirm State Equal Pay Act Judgment for Woman Psychologist Against Hospital Corporation
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Blog Post | January 31, 2024
Biden Judges Cast Deciding Votes to Allow Nurse’s Claim for Disability Benefits to Proceed
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Blog Post | January 30, 2024
Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Allow Cruel and Unusual Punishment Claim to Go Forward
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Blog Post | January 21, 2024
Biden Judge Casts Deciding Vote to Allow Medical Supply Firm’s Antitrust Suit to Go Forward, Despite Dissent from Trump Judge
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Blog Post | January 19, 2024
Biden Judges Take Important Action to Preserve Enforcement of State Gun Safety Law, Halt Iowa Censorship and Achieve Other Significant Results in December
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Blog Post | January 19, 2024
Biden Judge Upholds NLRB Ruling Protecting Telecom Workers