Irving L. Gornstein

Irving "Irv" L. Gornstein is the Executive Director of the Supreme Court Institute and a Professor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center. He teaches Constitutional Law, and co-teaches a Supreme Court Institute Workshop with Supreme Court advocate Kannon Shanmugam. Additionally, Gornstein argued 30 cases before various United States Courts of Appeals, notably the United States Department of Justice's defense of the prison sentence imposed on one of the police officers found guilty of beating Rodney King. Prior to working in the Solicitor General's office, Gornstein worked in DOJ's Civil Rights Division for 30 years.

Gornstein attended high school at Ladue High School and later graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.G.S. and from Boston University with a J.D.