Overview
Lear joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Judge Danny J. Boggs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and for Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Lear is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a semi-finalist of the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Competition and a Notes Editor for the Columbia Law Review. His Law Review Note on campaign finance disclosure has been cited in amicus briefs on the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court. Lear is also a graduate of the University of Chicago, where he earned a dual degree in Economics and Political Science. In college, he was on the editorial board of the Chicago Maroon.
Honors & Distinctions
Honors and Awards
- Notes Editor: Columbia Law Review
- Semi-Finalist: Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Competition
- International Human Rights Clinic
- Parker Certificate in International and Comparative Law
- Best in Class Award: Corporations
- Best in Class Award: Ideas of the First Amendment
- James Kent Scholar
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Clerkships
- Honorable Colleen McMahon, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Honorable Danny J. Boggs, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Education
Education
- Columbia Law School (J.D., 2019)
- The University of Chicago (B.A., Economics, 2015)
Admissions
Admissions
Bar Admissions
- California
- New York
Publications
- Disclosure’s Last Stand? The Need to Clarify the “Informational Interest” Advanced by Campaign Finance Disclosure, 119 Colum. L. Rev. 487 (2019)
Leadership & Professional Memberships
Associations
- Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association
