Mark Macdougall

Mark Macdougall

July 06, 2020 | National Law Journal

The Future of the Death Penalty: Do All Black Lives Really Matter?

If black lives matter, then eliminating death row as a vestige of institutionalized racism that marks American law will be a fitting legacy of George Floyd and those who march in his name. 

By Mark MacDougall

6 minute read

December 19, 2016 | National Law Journal

As Fake News Rises, Courts Can Be A Weapon

OPINION: A gunman recently walked into a pizza parlor, reportedly spurred by fake news from the internet.

By Mark MacDougall and Karen Williams

9 minute read

March 31, 2014 | National Law Journal

A Counselor to Presidents But, First And Foremost, a Lawyer

To Robert Strauss, the practice of law was all about solving problems.

By Mark MacDougall

5 minute read

October 06, 2009 | Law.com

Commentary: Strange Justice in Indian Country

"Indian Country" -- the federal government's name for the 54 million acres of reservation lands in the United States -- is larger than Minnesota. The layers of social ills on most reservations -- drug abuse, unemployment and chronic disease -- are a well-documented national shame. But the failure of the U.S. government to provide equal legal protection to victims of serious crimes, who happen to be Native American, is just bizarre, argue Akin Gump attorneys Mark MacDougall and Katherine Deming Brodie.

By Mark MacDougall and Katherine Deming Brodie

5 minute read

October 05, 2009 | Daily Business Review

Strange justice in Indian country

The U.S. government's failure to provide equal legal protection to Native American victims of serious crimes is just bizarre.

By Mark MacDougall

5 minute read