Brian Maxey to Speak on First Amendment Issues at IACP Legal Officers Section Midyear Meeting

On April 28, Baker Sterchi attorney Brian Maxey will serve as a panelist at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Legal Officers Section Spring Training & Midyear Meeting being held in Austin, Texas. The session, “The First Amendment & Campus Demonstrations,” will address crowd facilitation, management and intervention in the demonstration context.

Maxey has more than two decades of public-sector experience as a litigator, policing executive, consultant and member of federal monitoring teams. His practice focuses on risk management planning, crisis response and strategic litigation for public-sector clients. He has served as lead counsel in Section 1983 matters and previously held executive leadership roles overseeing policy, training, investigations and administrative operations for a major city police department.

He is active in several public-sector organizations, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Police Executive Research Forum, and serves on the National Association of Professional Staff in Public Safety Board of Advisors. Maxey earned his law degree from Fordham University School of Law and an M.P.A. from the New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. He is licensed to practice in Washington, California and New York, and before the Supreme Court of the United States.