Sam Kazman is general counsel at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Prior to joining CEI in 1986, he was managing attorney of the Washington DC office of the Pacific Legal Foundation.
His op-eds and comments have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, The New York Times, National Review, and more. Kazman has also appeared on national radio and television programs such as The Today Show, Fox News, Fox Business, and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, and National Public Radio, among others.
Kazman is a graduate of Cornell University and received his Juris Doctor cum laude at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.
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News
CEI Files Amicus Brief in Thompson v. Marietta Education Association Appeal for Cert at Supreme Court
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed an amicus brief in support of a petition for cert at the Supreme Court in the case…
CEI Files Opening Brief in Case Seeking More Lenient CAFE standards
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) filed its opening brief in CEI v. NHTSA, contending the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Environmental…
State AGs’ Lawsuit Against Energy Dept. Dishwasher Rule Will Soak Consumers
In response to a lawsuit filed by 15 state attorneys general and the City of New York against the Department of Energy’s (DOE) final…
Blog
Andy Thompson, Rest in Peace
- By: Sam Kazman
CEI lost a good friend and former colleague last week. Andrew M. Thompson, our very first fundraising director, died suddenly last Wednesday at his home…
CEI Files New Challenge to the Administration’s Fuel Economy Standards
- By: Sam Kazman
CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman discusses the issue with Walter Kreucher, one of the petitioners in the case, Walter Kreucher, a retired automotive engineer who…
Like the Sun Not Rising in the East?
- By: Sam Kazman
The Federal Register, the official daily government publication of regulations, proposed rules, and similar items did not go online today. We were awaiting today’s Federal…
Op-Eds/Articles
The Washington Post
TPA Foot-Dragging Costs 30 Lives a Day
- By: Sam Kazman
In early 1985 the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute halted a study of two heart-attack therapies that it had begun less than six months…
The Hill
Supreme Court Should do What Congress Won’t: Rein in the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
- By: Sam Kazman
This April, something remarkable happened in Washington D.C. The acting head of a federal agency told Congress that the agency he directs “is far too…
The Wall Street Journal
Weight Is an Element in the Safety of Cars and Trucks
- By: Sam Kazman
Aluminum may be a great metal, but it isn’t a miraculous metal. In its April 13 letter, the Aluminum Association criticizes my op-ed, “Coffee…
Studies
Rule Forcing Tests for Safer Air Bags Expected Today
Protect Federalism
- By: Sam Kazman
Recognize the Elitist Nature of Anti-Sprawl Measures
- By: Sam Kazman
Liberate to Stimulate Index For the greater part of the last century, many people have sought the American Dream by raising their…
Citations
The Washington Times
Biden Figures Wage War On Trump’s High-Performance Dishwasher Rule
- By: Sam Kazman
The Washington Times cites CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman on the Energy Department’s new high-performance dishwasher rule. Pushing back against the legal challenges was…
EnergyWire
5 energy issues to watch if Trump wins
- By: Sam Kazman
EnergyWire cites CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman on U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) dishwasher policy. “We’re hopeful that some of the progress we’ve seen in…
Wall Street Journal
A Rule for Cleaner Dishes
- By: Sam Kazman
Wall Street Journal cites CEI’s General Counsel Sam Kazman on U.S. Department of Energy final rule on dishwashers. If a camel is a horse designed by…