John C. Scully


Staff Attorney (1982-89, 1992-present)

Experience: Counsel, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, 1989-92; Captain, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Army, 1978-81; Intern, Special Projects Division, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, 1977.

Bar Admissions: Missouri, 1978; U.S. Supreme Court, 1983 (admitted only in MO).

Law School: George Washington University, LL.M., 1987; Missouri University, J.D., 1978.

College: George Mason University, M.A., History, 1998; Creighton University, B.A., History, cum laude, 1974.

Member: Federalist Society.

Publications: “Mandatory Pro Bono: An Attack on the Constitution,” 19 Hofstra Law Review 1229 (1991); “Hidden Scheme to Finance Radical Lawyers Plagues Pacific Northwest,” Washington Legal Foundation Legal Background­er, Mar. 31, 1992; “Washington Legal Foundation Brings Contingency Fee Reform to the State Of Washington,” Washington Legal Foundation Legal Backgrounder, Mar. 31, 1992; “Lawyer Associations’ Use of Dues and Client Money Is Politicized and Must Be Stop­ped,” Washington Legal Foundation Legal Opinion Letter, Oct. 23, 1992; “Victims of Special Interest Lawyers Fight Back in the Pacific Northwest,” Washington Legal Foundation Legal Opinion Letter, Dec. 6, 1991.

Reported Cases (partial listing): Lee v. NLRB, 393 F.3d 491 (4th Cir. 2005); NLRB v. Pueblo of San Juan, 276 F.3d 1186 (10th Cir. 2002); Andrews v. Education Ass’n of Cheshire, 829 F.2d 335 (2d Cir. 1987); Paperworkers Local 1033, 320 N.L.R.B. 349 (1995), review denied sub nom. Buzenius v. NLRB, 191 F.3d 641 (6th Cir. 1999); Teamsters Local 1150, 323 N.L.R.B. 1173 (1997); Carpenters Local 943, 322 N.L.R.B. 825 (1997); Elvin v. Oregon Public Employ­ees Union, 793 P.2d 338 (Or. Ct. App. 1990), aff’d, 832 P.2d 26 (Or. 1992); Weissen­stein v. Burlington Board of School Commissioners, 543 A.2d 691 (Vt. 1988).