WILIAM G. HYLAND JR.

WILLIAM G. HYLAND JR. is aN Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law, and the author of the new book IN DEFENSE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON (St. Martins/Thomas Dunne Books, 2009), nominated for the Virginia Literary Award for 2010. His publications also include Law v. National Security: When Lawyers Make Terrorism Policy, University of Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business (Summer, 2008); Creative Malpractice: The Cinematic Lawyer, University of Texas Review of Entertainment and Sport Law, Vol. 9 (May, 2008); A Civil Action: Hemings v. Jefferson, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 31. (December, 2007). He holds a B.A. from the University of Alabama and a J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He is a trial lawyer and with over twenty-seven years of appellate and civil litigation experience. Before law school, Mr. Hyland worked with a Top Secret security clearance for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and served an internship at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Hyland is also a member of Mystery Writers of America and serves on the Board of Directors of the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society;