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Attorney David B. Rivkin, Jr., has studied the U.S. Constitution and related historical documents with scholarly rigor, and has authored critical commentary on critical constitutional issues of our day. In private practice and partner at Baker Hostetler in Washington, D.C., Mr. Rivkin has had a lengthy career distinguished by service under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, in the U.S. Department of Justice, and in the U.S. Department of Energy. He is a well-known writer and media commentator on matters of constitutional and international law, as well as foreign and defense policy. He is a Visiting Fellow at the Nixon Center, Contributing Editor at the National Review, and a member of the Advisory Council at The National Interest magazine.

He currently serves as Co-Chairman of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He previously served on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. A trusted representative of conservative viewpoints, he frequently testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee and other Congressional committees. On July 30, 2009, Mr. Rivkin testified as a minority party witness in the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor. He had previously testified on June 9, 2009, before the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution regarding "The Legal, Moral, and National Security Consequences of 'Prolonged Detention.'"

His extensive legal opinion articles and commentary include more than 350 articles and numerous guest appearances on radio, and network and cable televisions programs, such as CNN, NPR, BBC, Fox News, NBC, ABC, CBS, Al Jazeera, and The Laura Ingraham Show. Mr. Rivkin's editorial contributions include constitutional law, international law, defense and national security, intelligence, foreign policy, energy policy, and healthcare reform. He develops his positions on critical public and legal matters not from political ideology, but from a reasoned interpretation of the U.S. constitution, legislation, judicial rulings, and legal opinions.