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Phillip J.
Wininger
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Contact
Information
The George Washington University

Department of Political Science
440 Monroe Hall, 2115 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20052
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, The George Washington University, expected May, 2016
Fields: American Politics, Methodology
Committee: Paul J. Wahlbeck (chair), Sarah Binder, Brandon L. Bartels
Dissertation: Courts in Transition: The Politics of Judge Selection in the States
M.A., Political Science, University of Kentucky, 2011
Fields: American Political Institutions, Political Behavior
J.D., University of Kentucky College of Law, summa cum laude, 2005
Order of the Coif (class rank: 4 of 139)
Senior Staff Member, Kentucky Law Journal
B.A., Political Science and Economics, Western Kentucky University, summa cum laude, 2002
Honors Program Graduate
Scholar of the Potter College of Arts and Letters (top graduate)
Publications
Forthcoming. Genuine Leader or Merely First Among Equals? Probing the Leadership Capacity of
the Chief Justice. in The Chief Justice: Appointment and Influence, David J. Danelski and Artemus Ward,
eds. University of Michigan Press (with Brandon L. Bartels). Peer Reviewed.
Forthcoming. Forecasting Opinion Assignment in the U.S. Supreme Court. in The Chief Justice:
Appointment and Influence, David J. Danelski and Artemus Ward, eds. University of Michigan Press (with
Paul J. Wahlbeck, Alyx Mark, and Ryan Krog). Peer Reviewed.
2004. Pharmaceutical Overpromotion Liability: The Legal Battle Over Rural Prescription Drug Abuse,
Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 93: 269.
Works in
Progress
Controversy, the Courts and Institutional Legitimacy: Public Perceptions of Judge Selection Methods
(with Mark Peffley and Justin Wedeking) under review
Legislating Judicial Independence in the States in preparation for journal submission
Messenger v. Message: Assessing the Impact of Institutional Ideology upon Judicial Decision Making
in preparation for journal submission
Finding Motions: Comparison of Samples from Westlaw, Dockets, and CM/ECF (with Joe S. Cecil)
(addressing empirical research methods in the law) under review
Getting in the Last Word: The Usage and Impact of Oral Argument Rebuttals on the U.S. Supreme
Court (with Ryan C. Black and Justin Wedeking) working manuscript
1 of 3
Rigid Rules v. Fuzzy Standards: Litigation as the Mover and Shaker of Legal Determinancy working
project
The Role of Partisan Cues in State Court Judicial Elections working project
Teaching &
Research
Experience
Instructor
Introduction to Political Analysis (research methods), UK, Spring 2011
Politics of Law and Courts, UK, Fall 2010
Teaching Assistant
Politics and Values Program (writing-intensive honors curriculum), GWU, Fall 2013,
Fall 2014
Introduction to American Politics, GWU, Fall 2011
Politics of Law and Courts, UK, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Summer 2011
Research Assistant
Prof. Paul J. Wahlbeck, Judicial Research, Summer 2014, Summer 2015
Prof. Steven J. Balla, Executive Branch Research, Summer 2013
Prof. Brandon L. Bartels, Judicial Research, Spring 2012, Summer 2012, Fall 2012,
Spring 2013
Professional
Experience
Researcher, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C., 2013 - Present

Engaged in empirical research projects regarding federal court operations and procedures for the
Judicial Conference of the United States.
Associate Attorney, Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, 2005 - 2009
Litigated public and private contract actions in federal, state, and administrative courts.
Conferences
Courts in Transition: Legislating Judicial Independence in the States, Law and Society Association,
Seattle, Washington, May, 2015
Messenger v. Message: The Impact of Institutional Ideology upon Judicial Decision Making, Midwest
Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April, 2014
Forecasting Opinion Assignment on the U.S. Supreme Court, Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, Illinois, April, 2013 (with Paul J. Wahlbeck, Alyx Mark, and Ryan Krog)
Controversy, the Courts, and Institutional Legitimacy, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago,
Illinois, April, 2013 (with Mark Peffley and Justin Wedeking)
Forecasting Opinion Assignment on the U.S. Supreme Court, American Political Science Association,
New Orleans, Louisiana, August, 2013 (with Paul J. Wahlbeck, Alyx Mark, and Ryan Krog)
Genuine Leader or Merely First Among Equals? Probing the Leadership Capacity of the Chief Justice,
Southern Political Science Association, Orlando, Florida, January 2013 (with Brandon L. Bartels)
Amici Curiae and the Supreme Court: An Assessment of Repeat Player Influence, George Washington
University Student Conference, Washington, D.C., October 2012
Amici Curiae and the Supreme Court: An Assessment of Repeat Player Influence, Southern Political
Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2011
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Academic
Honors &
Fellowships
Presidential Merit Graduate Fellowship, GWU, 2011-2016

Selective university fellowship for doctoral study
Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Political Science, GWU, 2012 - 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Political Science, UK, 2009-2011
CALI Awards for Highest Grade: Jurisprudence, Torts, and Administrative Law, UK Law, 2004
Carroll Morrow Scholar (tuition scholarship), UK Law, 2002-2005
Wall Street Journal Academic Achievement Award in Economics, 2002
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 2002
Competitor, WKU Speech Team, 1998-2002
National champion in extemporaneous speaking, informative speaking, and rhetorical criticism,
DSR-TKA National Tournaments, 2000, 2001
National semi-finalist in extemporaneous speaking, National Forensic Association National
Tournaments, 1999, 2001
Award of Excellence Scholarship (full academic scholarship), WKU, 1998-2002
Service
Reviewer, American Politics Research

Organizer, George Washington University Graduate Student Conference, 2013
Graduate Student Faculty Representative, University of Kentucky, 2011
Presenter, Pre-Law Advisement for Undergraduates, University of Kentucky, 2010, 2011
Memberships
American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
Law and Society Association
Kentucky Bar Association (non-practice exemption)
Research
& Teaching
Interests
American Political Institutions, State and Federal Courts, Judicial Behavior, Legislative Politics,
Constitutional Law, State and Local Politics, Law and Society
Skills
Statistics/Computer: Stata, SPSS, Excel, LATEX

Legal: Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, PACER
References
Paul J. Wahlbeck, Professor, Political Science, George Washington University

email: [email protected]
Sarah Binder, Professor, Political Science, George Washington University
Brandon L Bartels, Associate Professor, Political Science, George Washington University
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Phillip J.

The George Washington University

Researcher, Federal Judicial Center, Washington, D.C., 2013 - Present

Presidential Merit Graduate Fellowship, GWU, 2011-2016

Reviewer, American Politics Research

American Political Science Association

Statistics/Computer: Stata, SPSS, Excel, LATEX

Paul J. Wahlbeck, Professor, Political Science, George Washington University

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