I have decades of experience with federal class actions and appeals.
For more than two decades my practice has focused on civil appeals in federal court. I have briefed and argued appeals before all but three of the thirteen federal appellate circuit courts, and have participated in briefing several cases on the merits before the United States Supreme Court.
I also have filed numerous amicus curiae briefs, often on behalf of institutional investors supporting honest securities markets, on behalf of law professors urging sensible interpretation of laws protecting the public interest, and on behalf of religious organizations and faith leaders supporting religious liberty and equal rights for all.
My pro bono work seeking to advance religious liberty and civil rights has been recognized with awards from the Unitarian Universalist Association, St. Paul's Foundation for International Reconciliation, the American Constitution Society's San Diego Lawyer Chapter, the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, and San Diego's Democrats for Equality.
I also have published several articles concerning class-action litigation, church-state issues, and civil rights. They include:
Eric Alan Isaacson, The Roberts Court and Securities Class Actions: Reaffirming Basic Principles, 48 Akron L. Rev. 923 (2015);
Eric Alan Isaacson, Free Exercise for Whom? -- Could the Religious-Liberty Principle that Catholics Established in Perez v. Sharp Also Protect Same-Sex Couples’ Right to Marry?, 92 U. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 29 (2015);
Eric Alan Isaacson, Goodridge Lights A Nation’s Way to Civic Equality, Boston Bar Journal, Nov. 15, 2013 (online at http://bostonbarjournal.com/2013/11/15/goodridge-lights-a-nations-way-to-civic-equality/ );
Eric Alan Isaacson, Are Same-Sex Marriages Really a Threat to Religious Liberty?, 8 Stanford J. Civ. Rts. & Civ. Liberties 123 (2012);
Eric Alan Isaacson, Assaulting America’s Mainstream Values: Hans Zeiger’s Get Off My Honor: The Assault on the Boy Scouts of America, 5 Pierce L. Rev. 433 (2007) (review essay);
Eric Alan Isaacson, Traditional Values, or a New Tradition of Prejudice? The Boy Scouts of America vs. the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 17 Geo. Mason U. Civ. Rts. L. J. 1 (2006);
Patrick J. Coughlin, Eric Alan Isaacson & Joseph D. Daley, What’s Brewing in Dura v. Broudo? The Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Review the Supreme Court’s Opinion and its Import for Securities-Fraud Litigation, 37 Loyola U. Chic. L. J. 1 (2005);
William S. Lerach & Eric Alan Isaacson, Pleading Scienter Under Section 21D(b)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Motive, Opportunity, Recklessness and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 33 San Diego L. Rev. 893 (1996);
Eric Alan Isaacson, The Flag Burning Issue: A Legal Analysis and Comment, 23 Loyola L.A. L. Rev. 535 (1990).
