Writing & Research

Counsel Operator

Kevin’s newsletter on Claude workflows for lawyers, checked against the Rules of Professional Conduct. Nine issues since October 9, 2026, on client-safe setup, discovery chronologies, deposition outlines, and AI clauses for engagement letters and protective orders.

Book

• Consideration: A Lawyer’s Field Guide to Money, Markets, and the Rules Underneath ThemSept. 2026Book, first edition, 803 pp. · SSRN · doi:10.2139/ssrn.7557918 · About the book

Reports and interactive editions

Work for IRG Court Watch and the Institute for Reforming Government’s Center for Investigative Oversight, where Kevin co-authors the reports and designs and builds the web editions and dashboards himself.

• Liberal Arts: How BadgersVote Coalition Uses Donor Cash to Import Democratic VotesOctober 2026Report · Co-author · IRG Center for Investigative Oversight
• The Agency Sunshine ReportAugust 2026Report · Co-author · IRG Center for Investigative Oversight
• Agency Dashboard: Interactive dashboard accompanying The Agency Sunshine ReportAugust 2026Interactive · Sole creator · IRG Center for Investigative Oversight
• SCOWIS 2026 Term in ReviewJuly 2026Report · Co-author · IRG Court Watch
• SCOWIS 2026 Term in Review, Interactive Edition: Web edition of the report, designed and built for IRGCourtWatch.orgJuly 2026Interactive · Sole creator · IRG Court Watch
• Decisions that Matter: A Wisconsin Supreme Court Scorecard: 2025 TermMay 2026Report · Co-author · IRG Court Watch
• Behind the Bench: How Wisconsin's Court of Appeals Judges Actually Decide: An Analysis of the Judiciary's WorkhouseMay 2026Report · Co-author · IRG Court Watch
• IRG Court Watch Spring Report: 12 Ways the Wisconsin Supreme Court Will Impact Wisconsin's Government, Policy, and Its PeopleMarch 2026Report · Co-author · Institute for Reforming Government
• The Wisconsin Administrative Reform Toolbox: A Practical Legislative Handbook for Restoring Lawmaking AuthorityFebruary 2026Report · Co-author · Institute for Reforming Government
• IRG Court Watch Report: Wisconsin Supreme Court Term in ReviewJuly 2025Report · Co-author · Institute for Reforming Government

Briefs and articles

• Brief for Center for American Rights as Amicus CuriaeJune 2025Amicus brief · Drafter · United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin · United States v. Dugan, No. 2:25-cr-89 (E.D. Wis. June 9, 2025)
• Judicial Immunity in Wisconsin Has Limitations Attached to the Role of a JudgeMay 28, 2025Article · Co-author · IRG Court Watch
• SAFE-T for Whom? Legislative Overreach Transformed Criminals into VictimsJanuary 19, 2024Article · Author · SSRN

Commentary

• SCOTUS Clarifies Scope of RICO's Civil Cause of ActionApril 15, 2025Commentary · Author · The Federalist Society
• When Silence Counts as Violence: United States v. DelligattiApril 1, 2025Commentary · Author · The Federalist Society
• What to Do With Dewberry?: Dewberry Group v. Dewberry EngineersFebruary 28, 2025Commentary · Author · The Federalist Society (with Prof. Zvi Rosen)

Student publications

• Simmons Law Federalist Paper QuarterlyNov. 2024Editor and publisher, SIU Simmons Federalist Society chapter newsletter · 15 pp. · PDF