Harrison Stark
Senior Counsel, Director of Special Projects
About
Education
B.A., Brown University
J.D., Yale Law School
Biography
Harrison Stark is Senior Counsel, Director of Special Projects with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Harry joined SDRI after several years with the Vermont ACLU affiliate, where he litigated a range of civil rights and civil liberties matters in state and federal court, including cases addressing free speech, anti-discrimination, reproductive rights, and government transparency. Prior to that, he was an assistant attorney general and appellate litigation fellow at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, where he spearheaded the District’s amicus and multi-state litigation practice in the federal courts of appeal and U.S. Supreme Court, including briefs on behalf of multi-state coalitions in voting rights cases related to the 2020 election.
Harry graduated from Yale Law School in 2018 before clerking for the Honorable Randolph D. Moss on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Honorable David S. Tatel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Scholarship
Media
News & Media
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2026Harrison Stark on the Rights of Americans to Sue Federal Officials for Civil Rights Violations
KQEDFriday, Feb 6, 2026Harrison Stark: Path To Sue Federal Agents for Civil Rights Violations Has Been Narrowed
The Washington PostThursday, Feb 5, 2026Harrison Stark: 'No Structural or Blanket Barrier' for States to Prosecute Federal Officials
NPRFriday, Jan 16, 2026UW Law Experts Explain Legal Issues after Federal Shootings in Minneapolis
UW Law NewsFriday, Jan 16, 2026Harrison Stark: Litigation Expected Over States' Responses To Immigration Crackdown
The Associated PressMonday, Jan 12, 2026Harrison Stark on State Laws Allowing Legal Action Against Federal Agents
The AstorianTuesday, Sep 30, 2025Harrison Stark on Proposed NY Bill to Allow Constitutional Lawsuits Against Federal Authorities in State Courts
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