Roger Severino

Roger Severino is Legal Counsel and Chief Operations Officer for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, an interfaith public-interest law firm in Washington D.C., where he has worked on religious freedom cases under immigration, land-use, free speech, and international law. Mr. Severino has contributed articles on church and state for the Wall Street Journal, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New Republic Online, has been quoted by the Chicago Tribune, World Magazine and the Weekly Standard, and has made several radio and television appearances.

Mr. Severino received his J.D. from Harvard Law, a Master's Degree in Public Policy with highest distinction from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelor's in Business Administration with honors from USC. Before joining the Becket Fund Mr. Severino worked at the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and at major private law firms.

Publications:

Improving Public Education Through Strengthened Local Control, with Professor Robert P. Strauss, Education and Economic Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, pp. 73-112 (2005)

Or for Poorer?: The Implications of Same-Sex Marriage Laws on Religious Liberty. Selected for publication in upcoming edition of The Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.

Links: Becket Fund Bio