Brent N. Rushforth
BRENT N. RUSHFORTH, one of the founders of Dialogue, is a principal in the Washington, DC office of McKool Smith. He has extensive litigation experience in antitrust and unfair competition, intellectual property and trade regulation, and has represented such clients as VISA, MCI, Cox Communications, Black & Decker, Marriott Corporation and the American Booksellers Association. While serving as Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense, he was actively involved in the SALT Treaty negotiations. For the past twelve years, he has represented Muslim detainees wrongfully imprisoned at Guantanamo, six of whom have been released.
A Conversation About Mormonism
Articles/Essays – Volume 09, No. 4
The following is a transcript of a discussion held in Los Angeles in March, 1975. The discussion was organized by Jerry Kaufmann, an investigator of Mormonism from New York. In addition to Kaufmann, participants include…
Read moreWatergate: A Personal Experience
Articles/Essays – Volume 09, No. 2
As a lawyer, I have had a professional interest in the unfolding of Watergate. Lawyers have, of course, played a central role in the saga. A staggering number of the key players were lawyers—those who were involved in the criminal activities and cover-up conspiracies as well as those involved in the unravelling of the conspiracies and the prosecution of the guilty.
Read moreA Failure of Moral Imagination: Guantanamo, Torture, the Constitution, and Mormons–An Interview with Brent N. Rushforth
Articles/Essays – Volume 42, No. 4