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Prof. Mark L. Rienzi

Assistant Professor, Catholic University Columbus School of Law

Mark L. Rienzi has joined the Columbus School of Law as an assistant professor, where he will teach Evidence and Torts this year. Professor Rienzi served as counsel in the litigation department and the intellectual property litigation practice group of Wilmer Hale Group. His practice focused on complex civil and appellate litigation with a particular emphasis on intellectual property and First Amendment issues. Prior to joining Wilmer Hale, he served as law clerk to the Hon. Stephen F. Williams, senior circuit judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Professor Rienzi was an editor of theHarvard Law Review. He earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. from Princeton University.

In November 2009 Professor Rienzi served as counsel of record for a certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of McCullen v. Coakley, a case that challenges the 2007 Massachusetts law that provides a thirty-five foot "buffer zone" around reproductive health care facilities. The petition argues that the law violates the free speech rights of anti-abortion protestors. It also argues that an earlier First Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding the law is in conflict both with the Supreme Court’s 2000 decision in Hill v. Colorado and with rulings of numerous courts of appeals. The cert petition has been mentioned in the National Review Online, legal blogs and other media outlets.

Publications

Hosanna-Tabor Church v. EEOC - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
SCOTUScast 10-24-11 featuring Mark Rienzi
October 24, 2011

Supreme Court Preview: What Is In Store for October Term 2011? - Event Audio/Video
September 27, 2011

New Conscience Regulations from the Department of Health & Human Services: Do They Strike the Right Balance Between Conscience and the Medical Profession? - Event Audio/Video
Religious Liberties Practice Group and Georgetown Student Chapter
April 14, 2011

An Abortion Exception to the First Amendment? Evaluating Recent Efforts to Regulate Speech About Pregnancy Options
Engage Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2010
December 23, 2010

Smith, Stormans, and the Future of Free Exercise: Applying the Free Exercise Clause to Targeted Laws of General Applicability
November 16, 2009