McQuillan, Lawrence J.

McQuillan, Lawrence J.
Gender	male
Academic title	Dr.
Staff member in	Hoover Institution
Advisory Board member in	Adriatic Institute for Public Policy
Alma mater	George Mason University,
Topics

Lawrence J. McQuillan was a Senior Adviser to Leadership and Executive Advisory Board of the Adriatic Institute for Public Policy.

Influence fields of Person

In this section we try to document where the person has which influence.

Author in the media sphere

• http://Washington Times, Washington Times

• http://www.usatoday.com/, USA Today

• http://www.latimes.com/, Los Angeles Times

• http://www.sfgate.com/, San Francisco Chronicle

• http://www.weeklystandard.com/, Weekly Standard

• http://www.suntimes.com/, Chicago Sun-Times

• http://www.nytimes.com/, New York Times

• http://www.forbes.com/, coauthor of the U.S. Economic Freedom Index, published with Forbes

• http://www.investors.com, Investor’s Business Daily

• http://online.wsj.com/, Wall Street Journal

• http://www.nydailynews.com/, New York Daily News

Consultant in the politics sphere

• http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/ (November 2008), director of policy for the Assembly Republican Caucus, on a flat income tax for California

• http://gov.ca.gov/, Advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the introduction of a constitutional spending limit for California

Interviewed in media sphere

• http://www.nbcnews.com/, NBC news

• http://www.cnn.com/, CNN

• http://www.cnbc.com/, CNBC

• http://www.foxchannel.de/, FOX

Membership in the NGO sphere

• http://www.alec.org/ (2009), Member of the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)

Notes on the influence fields

Often people are present in various fields, but there presence can't be connected to specific actors (e.g. it is often senseless to connect the media presence of politicians to particular newspapers). We use this section to document these unspecific, but nonetheless important presences.
McQuillan works as a consultant for lawmakers and advocacy groups. He founded the California Golden Fleece Awards. From 1993 until 1997, McQuillan fopunded the newsletter "Economic Issues" and served as publisher and contributing editor. =Main Publications:= (list not complete)

• An Empire Disaster: Why New York’s Tort System Is Broken and How to Fix It. San

Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, 2009.

• Tort Law Tally: How State Tort Reforms Affect Tort Losses and Tort Insurance

Premiums. Authored with Nicole V. Crain, W. Mark Crain, and Hovannes Abramyan. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, 2009.

• U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2008 Report. Authored with Michael T. Maloney, Eric

Daniels, and Brent M. Eastwood. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute in association with Forbes, 2008.

• U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2008 Report. Authored with Hovannes Abramyan. San

Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, 2008.

• Jackpot Justice: The True Cost of America’s Tort System. Authored with Hovannes

Abramyan and Anthony P. Archie. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, 2007.

• U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report. Authored with Hovannes Abramyan. San

Francisco: Pacific Research Institute, 2006.

• U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 Report. Authored with Ying Huang and Robert E.

McCormick. San Francisco: Pacific Research Institute in association with Forbes, 2004.