Christian Townsend is an attorney with Pacific Legal Foundation, where he provides free legal representation to individuals who have their rights violated by the government. Christian focuses on ensuring that every word in the Fourteenth Amendment is given the meaning it deserves.
Prior to joining PLF, he was an attorney with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, litigating cases involving property rights, limitations on the federal government, and broadening the use of originalism on state constitutional provisions.
A product of the Midwest, Christian earned BAs in history and political science at Cedarville University before going back to his Hoosier roots, earning his JD at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. During law school, Christian was the executive online editor of the Indiana Law Journal and president of the Federalist Society.
After spending a law school summer in Cambodia at the law offices of Tilleke & Gibbins, Christian found his way to the liberty movement, interning at the New Civil Liberties Alliance and the Cato Institute, where he would return as a legal associate after graduating.
When he’s not suing governments, Christian can be found reading, playing the saxophone, or on the training field preparing for another season of club rugby with the Austin Huns. He lives in Austin with his wife.
Christian is a member of the bar only in the states of Texas and Maryland.