E. Thomas Sullivan

President Emeritus

Professor of Political Science

Alma mater(s)
  • B.A. Drake University
  • J.D. Indiana University School of Law

Publications

E. Thomas Sullivan Publications (DOCX)

Awards and Achievements

  • President of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) Board of Directors (The ABF is the premier center on empirical research in law and social policy)
  • Reporter, American Law Institute (ALI)
  • Honorary Doctor of Law Degree, Vermont Law School
  • Life Member, American Law Institute (ALI)
  • Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • American Bar Association (ABA) Robert J. Kutak Award
  • American Bar Association (ABA) J. William Elwin Award
  • Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher of the Year Award, The University of Minnesota Law School.
  • Chair, Association of American Law Schools Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation
  • Chair, The ABA Section of Legal Education
  • Consultant, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on judicial nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court of Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan
  • Chair, Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics for the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Co-chair, Federal Judicial Selection Committee, Minnesota
  • Special Counsel, State of Minnesota - Appointment by the Attorney General and Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court to investigate illegal political contributions
  • Member, ABA's President's Commission on the Future of the Profession

Area(s) of expertise

Antitrust law, Federal Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Complex Litigation, Federal Courts and Civil Procedure, Constitutional History, and Government Regulation of Business

Awards and Achievements

  • President of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) Board of Directors (The ABF is the premier center on empirical research in law and social policy)
  • Reporter, American Law Institute (ALI)
  • Honorary Doctor of Law Degree, Vermont Law School
  • Life Member, American Law Institute (ALI)
  • Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
  • American Bar Association (ABA) Robert J. Kutak Award
  • American Bar Association (ABA) J. William Elwin Award
  • Stanley V. Kinyon Teacher of the Year Award, The University of Minnesota Law School.
  • Chair, Association of American Law Schools Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation
  • Chair, The ABA Section of Legal Education
  • Consultant, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on judicial nominations to the U.S. Supreme Court of Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan
  • Chair, Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics for the Minnesota Supreme Court
  • Co-chair, Federal Judicial Selection Committee, Minnesota
  • Special Counsel, State of Minnesota - Appointment by the Attorney General and Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court to investigate illegal political contributions
  • Member, ABA's President's Commission on the Future of the Profession

Areas of Expertise

Antitrust law, Federal Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Complex Litigation, Federal Courts and Civil Procedure, Constitutional History, and Government Regulation of Business