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Stephan Kinsella | |
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| Born | Norman Stephan Kinsella 1965 (age 60–61) Prairieville, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Education | Louisiana State University (BS,MS,JD) King's College London (LLM) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Member of theLibertarian Party Judicial Committee[1] | |
| Assumed office May 29, 2022 | |
| Website | Official website |
Norman Stephan Kinsella (/kɪnˈsɛlə/; born 1965) is a retired Americanpatentattorney, author, andanarcho-capitalist.[2][3] His legal works have been published byOxford University Press,Oceana Publications,Mises Institute, Quid Pro Books and others.
Born inPrairieville, Louisiana, he attendedLouisiana State University where he earnedBachelor of Science (BS) andMaster of Science (MS) degrees in electrical engineering, and aJuris Doctor (JD) from thePaul M. Hebert Law Center (formerly known as LSU Law Center). He also obtained anLL.M. atKing's College London.
Stephan Kinsella is married to Cindy DeLaney. They have been married for approximately forty years as of 2025. They have a son named Ethan.[4][5][6]
Kinsella was general counsel of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., ofSugar Land, Texas from 2000 to 2012 and was in private practice in Houston, Texas. He was formerly an adjunct scholar of theLudwig von Mises Institute, aright-libertarian think-tank for the promotion ofRothbardian political thought and theAustrian School of economics, where he was Book Review Editor for theJournal of Libertarian Studies[7] and a faculty member of the Mises Academy.[8] Kinsella also founded the Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (C4SIF) of which he currently is the Director.[9][independent source needed] In May 2022 he was elected to the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee, but was subsequently disqualified due to being two months short of the 4 year Libertarian Party membership requirement to hold the office. As of August 2022, he is eligible and it's believed that he'll be able to be appointed by the LP Judicial Committee to fill the vacancy caused by his ineligible run in May 2022.[10][non-primary source needed]
Kinsella is a strong opponent ofintellectual property,[11] arguing that patents and copyrights should not form part of a proper libertarian law code.[12] He is a proponent ofHans-Hermann Hoppe's theory onargumentation ethics.[13] He is an atheist, having previously been a devout Catholic.[14][independent source needed]
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