Spring Lecture: Tom Green and Nathaniel Zelinsky, Defending the Rule of Law

Tom Green and Nathaniel Zelinsky, Defending the Rule of Law
March 27
1:30 PM
In-Person at OLLI

Senior DC lawyers came out of retirement last August to form the Washington Litigation Group, a non-profit law firm offering free legal assistance to persons and institutions unlawfully targeted by the USG for exercising their constitutional rights and to bring affirmative litigation to curb government overreach. John Aldock, a firm founder and OLLI member, will interview Tom Green, WLG founder and President, and Nathaniel Zelinsky, WLG managing attorney on how and why the firm was created, its mission, and its efforts to date to defend the rule of law.

Tom Green is President of the Washington Litigation Group and a former Sidley Austin partner who has represented public officials in major national matters, including Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the prosecution of Dennis Hastert. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Vietnam veteran.

Nathaniel Zelinsky is Senior Counsel at the Washington Litigation Group, where he litigates major constitutional cases. He argued Barnes v. Felix before the Supreme Court in 2024, winning unanimously, and previously served as a special prosecutor in the State of Minnesota v. Derek Chauvin case.

John Aldock is Secretary and General Counsel of the Washington Litigation Group and a retired partner of Goodwin Procter. He chaired the Advisory Committee on Rules for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for more than 40 years and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Reservations are required to attend in-person lectures. In-person lectures will be held in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW, in Room A on the First Floor. Registration for the above lecture will open here at 10:00 AM on the Friday prior to the lecture. The direct registration link will also be included in the Friday newsletter the week prior. You must have an OLLI account to register. If you do not have one, you can create an account when going to register. Each registrant may reserve up to two seats. Your name must be on the list of registrants to enter the lecture and you must be in your seat five minutes before the lecture starts to guarantee your seat.