Allison Hayward is an attorney and writer in the Washington DC area. She specializes in campaign finance and related issues. She also blogs at www.skepticseye.com and writes for the Personal Democracy Forum.

Previously she served as counsel to former FEC Chairman and Commissioner Bradley A. Smith. Prior to that, she was in private practice with the Sacramento firm Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk and the Washington DC firm Wiley, Rein and Fielding. Her writing has been published in National Review, the Weekly Standard and in law journals. Her forthcoming book, “Struck Dumb: The History and Consequences of Campaign Finance Reform” will be published this summer by AEI Press.