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Senior Fellow

Sallyanne Payton

Member Since 1998

Biography

Sallyanne Payton, an L. Bates Lea Professor Emerita of Law, retired in 2013. She came to Michigan in 1976 from Washington, D.C., where she was chief counsel for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the USDOT, earlier having been staff assistant to the President on the Domestic Council staff.

In the private practice of law she was associated with Covington & Burling. She teaches Administrative Law, and has served as a public member and senior fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States and as chair of the Administrative Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Her industry specialty is health law; she has been active in the effort to reform federal health care financing and regulation.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Director Spirituals for the 21st Century Project University of Southern California-Dominquez Hills Current
William W. Cook Professor of Law Emerita University of Michigan School of Law Current
Former Associate Professor University of Michigan School of Law Current
Chief Counsel Urban Mass Transportation Administration U.S. Department of Transportation Current
Staff Assistant to the President of the United States Domestic Council The White House Current
Attorney Covington & Burling Current

Expertise

Primary Sector

Academic
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