In the McCutcheon case, he went one stage further, not only submitting a brief but also persuading the justices to allow his lawyer, Bobby Burchfield, to participate in oral arguments — an unusual request for the Court to grant, and a concession that demonstrates how interested in this subject the justices have been. Read More
Alumnus Bobby Burchfield (’76), a partner at McDermott Will & Emery in Washington, D.C., argued the McCutcheon v. FEC case before the court last October on behalf of the appellants, Alabama businessman Shaun McCutcheon and the Republican National Committee. Read More
Under the old limits, those committees "were in competition with each other" because individuals could only make the maximum contribution of $32,400 to two committees, said Bobby Burchfield, a partner with McDermott Will and Emery who argued before the court for challenger Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky. Read More
Instead, attorney Bobby Burchfield argued the case for McConnell, as the senator sat in the courtroom. Read More
Burchfield is a 1976 Wake Forest graduate and now an attorney in Washington, D.C. He contributed $2 million to establish the Burchfield Presidential Chair of Political Economy. Read More
A former member of Wake Forest's debate team, Burchfield is a trial attorney in Washington, D.C. He served eight years on the university's Board of Trustees. Read More
From oral arguments at the Supreme Court on Tuesday in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, a case challenging limits on aggregate campaign contributions. Lawyer Bobby Burchfield argued against the caps: Read More
McConnell will be represented at the court by Bobby Burchfield, a trial partner at McDermott Will & Emery. Read More
"It is not, and I don’t think the authors purport it to be, a scientific, statistically valid survey," said Bobby Burchfield, a partner at the Washington, D.C., law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP, at a Wednesday event unveiling the poll. Read More