Tuan Samahon | William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV

		Tuan Samahon
		Associate Professor of Law


		Phone: 702 895-2489 Email: tuan.samahon@unlv.edu

		Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

	Education: B.A. cum laude, Brigham Young University, 1996 J.D. cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 2000

	Professor Samahon earned his J.D., cum laude, in 2000 from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Olin Law and Economics research fellow and was co-awarded the Olin Prize in Law & Economics. Prior to joining the UNLV law faculty, Professor Samahon clerked for the Honorable Jay S. Bybee on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Honorable Raymond A. Jackson on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He also practiced law in the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling. His research interests include topics relating to the federal courts: the appointment, impeachment, and behavior of judges. Tuan's recent articles include Are Bankruptcy Judges Unconstitutional? An Appointments Clause Challenge, 60 Hastings L.J. (forthcoming 2009); The Judicial Vesting Option: Opting Out of Nomination and Advice and Consent, 67 Ohio St. L.J. 783 (2006); and William Rehnquist, the Separation of Powers, and the Riddle of the Sphinx, 58 Stanford L. Rev. 1735 (2006) (with Jay S. Bybee). His current and recent teaching areas are civil procedure, constitutional law, federal courts, and international business transactions. In 2007, he was selected as Professor of the Year. Tuan is admitted to the bar in D.C., Nevada, and Virginia (associate status).

	Areas of Expertise: Civil Procedure Constitutional Law Federal Courts Judicial Selection

	Selected Publications: LAW REVIEW AND OTHER ARTICLES Are Bankruptcy Judges Unconstitutional? An Appointments Clause Challenge, 60 Hastings L.J. (forthcoming 2009). SSRN The Judicial Vesting Option: Opting out of Nomination and Advice and Consent, 67 Ohio St. L.J. 783 (2006). SSRN Hein Lexis Westlaw William Rehnquist, the Separation of Powers, and the Riddle of the Sphinx, 58 Stan. L. Rev. 1735 (2006) (with Jay S. Bybee).SSRN Hein Lexis Westlaw Reply, Rehnquist’s Recusals, 10 Green Bag 2d 201 (2007). Lexis Westlaw Note, The Religion Clauses and Political Asylum, 88 Geo. L.J. 2211 (2000). Hein Lexis Westlaw Note, TRIPS Copyright Dispute Settlement After the Transition and Moratorium: Nonviolation and Situation Complaints Against Developing Countries, 31 Law & Pol’y Int’l Bus. 1051 (2000). Lexis Westlaw Comment, The First Amendment Case Against FCC IP Telephony Regulation, 51 Fed. Comm. L.J. 493 (1999). Hein Lexis Westlaw ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLES Bowsher v. Synar, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (forthcoming 2008). Michigan v. Long, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (forthcoming 2008). Supreme Court of New Hampshire v. Piper, in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (forthcoming 2008). BAR PUBLICATIONS The End of Nevada’s Ban on Partisan Judicial Campaign Speech, Nev. Law., Feb. 2007, at 22.

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