Arkansas
Attorney
Paul Avelar serves as a staff attorney with the Institute for Justice’s Arizona Chapter. He joined the Institute in March 2010 and litigates free speech, school choice, property rights, economic liberty and other constitutional cases in both federal and state courts.
Attorney
Erica Smith is an attorney with the Institute for Justice. She joined IJ in August 2011 and litigates cutting-edge constitutional cases protecting free speech, school choice, property rights, and economic liberty in federal and state courts.
Washington
Attorney
Wesley Hottot joined the Institute’s Washington Chapter (IJ-WA) in 2013 after working in both the Institute’s headquarters office and its Texas Chapter. He is also currently leading a challenge to eyebrow threading regulations in Texas.
Executive Director of the Institute for Justice Washington Chapter
William R. Maurer is the Executive Director of the Institute for Justice Washington Chapter (IJ-WA), which he joined in November 2002. IJ-WA engages in constitutional litigation in the areas of economic liberty, private property rights, educational choice, freedom of speech, and other vital liberties secured by the U.S. and Washington Constitutions.
Missouri
Attorney
Dan Alban serves as an attorney with the Institute for Justice. He joined the Institute in September 2010 and litigates cutting-edge constitutional cases protecting free speech, property rights, economic liberty and other individual liberties in both federal and state courts.
Communications
Communications Director
As the Institute for Justice’s Director of Communications, J. Justin Wilson works on IJ’s award-winning media team to make the case for economic liberty, free speech, private property rights and school choice in the court of public opinion.