Michael Kimberly is a nationally recognized appellate lawyer. He has argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and delivered more than 40 appellate arguments in courts across the country, including every general federal court of appeals and numerous state courts. With a remarkable success rate, Michael has won two of every three cases he has argued.

In addition to his appellate practice, Michael regularly challenges federal agency actions under the Administrative Procedure Act and contests state laws and regulations on preemption and constitutional grounds. Across both trial and appellate courts, Michael has briefed and argued over 200 cases, with deep experience in areas such as tax law, environmental regulation, the Commerce Clause, federal preemption, Medicare, ERISA, the First Amendment, copyright, and bankruptcy. Michael also collaborates closely with trial teams to craft effective litigation strategies and develop persuasive dispositive motions.

Walt Green focuses his practice on cybersecurity, white collar criminal defense and governmental investigations, and litigation. Walt served as the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana and the Executive Director for the National Center for Disaster Fraud from 2013-2017. He retired from the United States Department of Justice with over 20 years of federal experience. Walt also served in the United States Marine Corps for over 30 years, retiring with the rank of Colonel.

Walt also advises domestic companies on compliance with U.S. data privacy laws, including the California Privacy Rights Act and other states’ data regulations. He helps multinational companies stay on top of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and China’s Personal Information Protection Law.

Travis Cushman is the Deputy General Counsel, Litigation & Public Policy for the American Farm Bureau Federation. In that role, Travis manages AFBF’s nationwide litigation on all issues facing agriculture, including international trade, property rights, access to public lands and crop protection products, and the regulatory regimes of the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, and the National Environmental Policy Act.

Travis also advises AFBF’s public policy staff in the analysis of legislation and regulations, development of recommendations and strategies, drafting rulemaking comments and other policy advocacy communications, and compliance with the federal Lobbying Disclosure Act and other political and lobbying law requirements. Prior to joining AFBF in 2018, Travis spent 10 years in private law practice.