Sam Kazman

General Counsel

Sam Kazman is general counsel of CEI and heads CEI’s Death By Regulation project. This project focuses on raising public awareness of the often hidden costs of government overregulation—the lives lost, for example, when the Food and Drug Administration delays new medical drugs and devices, or the human toll of downsizing cars to comply with energy-conservation mandates.

In 1992, Mr. Kazman won a federal appeals court ruling that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had illegally concealed the lethal effects on highway safety of its auto fuel economy standards. This marked the first judicial overturning of a fuel economy standard in the program’s history. He has also recently been involved in litigation on such issues as advertising restrictions, property rights, and environmental regulation.

Mr. Kazman’s writings have been featured in such publications as The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Regulation. He has testified at a number of congressional hearings and has appeared on such shows as Crossfire, Court TV, Good Morning America, and the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He was a script consultant on “Science Under Siege,” CEI’s documentary on politicized science, and he has created a number of CEI radio and television ads.

Mr. Kazman received his JD from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

recent op-eds & articles

Chevron's Orwellian Crude Discovery
By Sam Kazman, November 13, 2008

CAFE Oh Nay, Standard Has Hurt
By Sam Kazman, September 17, 2008

Oil Addiction
By Sam Kazman, August 12, 2008

Somewhere, Mr. Edison Gently Weeps
By Sam Kazman, December 20, 2007

An Immaculate Smithsonian
By Sam Kazman, November 13, 2007

» Read more op-eds & articles.

recent studies

First, Do No Harm to Motorists
By Sam Kazman, June 12, 2007

The Leaked Study on CAFE: Why It Doesn’t Justify Higher Fuel Economy Standards
By Sam Kazman, July 19, 2001

Cardiac and Cancer Specialists on the Need for FDA Reform
By Sam Kazman, July 24, 1996