Jeffrey Redfern

Jeffrey Redfern

Institute for Justice

Jeffrey Redfern is a senior attorney with Institute for Justice. His practice focuses on litigating constitutional cases protecting property rights and free speech. Mr. Redfern was the lead attorney in Baker v. City of McKinney, a case in which, for the first time in history a federal court ruled that an innocent homeowner was entitled to compensation when her house was destroyed by a SWAT raid. He litigates cases around the country challenging eminent domain abuse, where the government tries to take private property and give it to other private parties. Mr. Redfern also litigates cases to ensure that when government does take property, it pays just compensation. He files amicus briefs on eminent domain issues in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, and has testified in support of eminent domain reforms before Congress. In his free speech practice, Mr. Redfern has fought for the First Amendment rights of book publishers and talk therapists to be free of government regulation targeted at the content of their speech. Before joining Institute for Justice, he was a member of the appellate group at Mayer Brown LLP, where he authored briefs on various constitutional issues in the U.S. Supreme Court and in lower federal and state courts. Mr. Redfern has argued cases before the First, Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and D.C. circuits, as well as the Colorado Supreme Court. He earned his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Minnesota.

Jeffrey Redfern's Courses

  • Property Damage by Police: The Takings Clause is Dividing Appeals Courts (Baker v. McKinney)

    Local Government Law

    FastTrack

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    Alaska CLE Reciprocity 1 Total
    Arizona CLE Approved 1 Total
    California CLE Approved 1 Total
    Colorado CLE Approved 1 Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 1 Total
    Delaware CLE Approved 1 Total
    Florida CLE Approved 1 Total
    Georgia CLE Approved 1 Total
    Hawaii CLE Approved 1 Total
    Iowa CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    Idaho CLE Approved 1 Total
    Illinois CLE Approved 1 Total
    Kansas CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    Louisiana CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    Maine CLE Approved 1 Total
    Minnesota CLE Approved 1 Total
    Missouri CLE Approved 1.2 Total
    Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 1 Total
    Montana CLE Approved 1 Total
    North Dakota CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    Nebraska CLE Approved 1 Total
    New Hampshire CLE Approved 1 Total
    New Mexico CLE Approved 1 Total
    Nevada CLE Approved 1 Total
    New York CLE Approved 1 Total
    Oklahoma CLE Approved 1 Total
    Oregon CLE Approved 1 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 1 Total
    Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 1 Total
    Tennessee CLE Approved 1 Total
    Vermont CLE Approved 1 Total
    Washington CLE Approved 1 Total
    Wisconsin CLE Approved 1 Total
    West Virginia CLE Approved 1.2 Total
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    1 Pennsylvania CLE