Manny Klausner

Manny Klausner is a prominent attorney and libertarian activist with a long and distinguished career in law, public policy, and advocacy. Here are key details about his background and accomplishments:

Legal Career

Manny Klausner opened his law firm in downtown Los Angeles in 1996 after practicing at the Los Angeles office of Kindel & Anderson for three decades.1 He has been involved in complex and significant litigation focusing on constitutional law, election law, media law, and business litigation matters.1

Role at Individual Rights Foundation

Klausner served as outside General Counsel to the Individual Rights Foundation, the legal arm of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, from 2000 to 2021.1 After 2021, he continued as Senior Counsel to the IRF until August 2022.1

Education and Early Career

• Graduated from UCLA and New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar and Associate Managing Editor of the N.Y.U. Law Review1
• Received an LL.M. from N.Y.U. in 1963 as a Ford Foundation Fellow in Comparative Law1
• Studied at the University of Copenhagen on combined Ford Foundation, Fulbright, and Danish Government grants1
• Served as a faculty member at the University of Chicago Law School in 1964-19651

Affiliations and Contributions

Reason Foundation:

• Co-founder, trustee, and legal advisor of Reason Foundation since 19781
• Former editor and publisher of Reason magazine1
• Heads Reason's activities in submitting amicus curiae briefs in significant Supreme Court cases1

Other Notable Roles:

• Founding director of the Institute for Justice in 19911
• Active in the Federalist Society, serving as Chairman of its National Practice Group on Free Speech and Election Law for ten years1
• Vice-Chair of Californians Against Discrimination and Preferences (CADAP) from 1994 to 19961

Awards and Recognition

• Received the 1982 Lawyer-of-the-Year Award from the Constitutional Rights Foundation and the Los Angeles County Bar Association1
• Awarded the David Horowitz Freedom Center's Defender of Liberty Award in 20121
• Received the Lawyer-of-the-Year Award from the Federalist Society's Los Angeles Lawyers Chapter in 20131

Manny Klausner's LinkedIn username is indeed mannyklausner, as mentioned in the query.1