Adav Noti

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Adav Noti (@AdavNoti) is Senior Director, Trial Litigation & Chief of Staff at the Campaign Legal Center (CLC). He directs and manages CLC’s strategic litigation, and has conducted dozens of constitutional cases in district courts, courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court. As Chief of Staff, Adav also coordinates all of CLC’s programmatic activities, overseeing CLC’s efforts to reform the campaign finance system, protect voting rights, ensure fair redistricting and promote government ethics.

In addition to his litigation and policy practice, Adav regularly provides expert analysis for television, radio, and print journalism. Adav has appeared on broadcasts such as The Rachel Maddow Show, Anderson Cooper 360, NBC Nightly News, and National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, and he has been cited in publications nationwide, including the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Atlantic, Politico, and Slate.

Prior to joining CLC, Adav served for more than ten years in several capacities within the Office of General Counsel of the Federal Election Commission. From 2013 to 2017, as Associate General Counsel for Policy, Adav oversaw all legal recommendations regarding the FEC’s regulations and advisory opinions. From 2007 to 2012, as Acting Assistant General Counsel and an attorney in the FEC’s Litigation Division, he litigated campaign finance matters including the landmark cases of Citizens United v. FEC and McCutcheon v. FEC.

From 2011 to 2012, Adav served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, prosecuting criminal matters in the District of Columbia courts. From 2004 to 2007, he was a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Adav is an adjunct instructor at Georgetown University and a Complaint Examiner for the District of Columbia Office of Police Complaints. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, his law degree from New York University and his master’s degree from Georgetown University. After law school, he clerked for Judge Berle M. Schiller of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.