Our Team
Mike Davis - President
Mike Davis, the former Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, is the founder and president of the Article III Foundation (A3F). He is also the founder and managing partner of MRDLaw. Davis also leads the Article III Project (A3P) which defends constitutionalist judges and the rule of law, Internet Accountability Project (IAP), an advocacy organization fighting to rein in Big Tech, along with the Unsilenced Majority, an organization dedicated to opposing Cancel Culture and fighting back against the woke mob and their enablers. As Chief Counsel for Nominations, Davis advised Chairman Grassley and other senators on the confirmation of federal judges and senior Executive Branch appointees, serving as staff lead for 30 hearings and 41 markup meetings. He oversaw the floor votes for 278 nominees, including the confirmations of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the record number of circuit judges confirmed during President Trump’s first two years in office.
Will Chamberlain - Senior Counsel
Will Chamberlain is currently Senior Counsel at the Article III Foundation and the Article III Project. He graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 2015. Later that year, he joined Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart & Sullivan in Los Angeles, CA as an associate. He has also worked as an attorney at the Competitive Enterprise Institute where his practice focused on class action litigation. In 2019, he revived Human Events, the nation's oldest conservative magazine, where he served as both publisher and editor-in-chief. More recently, he worked for Governor Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign as well as his executive office.
Otto Heck - Chief Operating Officer and Board Member
Otto is Principal and founder of Rostrum. A marketing and communications professional with over 20 years’ experience, Heck has served in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, in private industry, as a political consultant, and has served as an appointee in the administrations of President George W. Bush and President Donald J. Trump. Heck has demonstrated award-winning leadership in a multitude of organizations in elected and appointed roles, including serving as State Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus for the District of Columbia, President of the Marquette Club of Washington, DC, and other local civic organizations. Heck was made a Papal Knight with his conferral in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and was honored with the rank of Knight of the Holy Sepulchre.
Josh Hammer - Senior Counsel
Josh Hammer is currently Senior Counsel for the Article III Foundation, Article III Project and the Internet Accountability Project. He is the host of "The Josh Hammer Show" podcast and syndicated radio show. A syndicated columnist through Creators, Josh also hosts the "America on Trial with Josh Hammer" podcast for The First. A frequent pundit and essayist on political, legal and cultural issues, Josh is also a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation and a fellow with the Palm Beach Freedom Institute. Josh is a college campus speaker through Intercollegiate Studies Institute and Young America's Foundation, as well as a law school campus speaker through the Federalist Society. Prior to Newsweek and The Daily Wire, where he was an editor, Josh worked at a large law firm and clerked for a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Josh has also served as a John Marshall Fellow with the Claremont Institute and a Fellow with the James Wilson Institute. Josh graduated from Duke University, where he majored in economics, and from the University of Chicago Law School. He lives in Florida, but remains an active member of the State Bar of Texas.
Ian Prior - Founding Board Member
Ian Prior is Senior Counsel at America First Legal. A communications and litigation expert, he has spent the past decade utilizing his experience at the crossroads of politics and media to successfully navigate some of the most challenging media environments in politics, government, and corporate America. An alum of the Trump Justice Department, Ian also serves as Executive Director of Fight for Schools, and is the author of "Parents of the World Unite." Ian previously served as Vice President at Mercury Public Affairs, where he worked for several Fortune 500 companies, multi-million-dollar trade groups, and high level political campaigns.
Mark Lucas - Founding Board Member
Lucas is the Founder & President of Veteran Action an organization advocating for America First policies that strengthen national security and provide support to our veterans. He previously served as the Executive Vice President of the Article III Project defending President Donald Trump from unprecedented lawfare. He focused his efforts on building a grassroots army by creating the A3P Action Center which connected thousands of volunteers to their lawmakers. Lucas successfully defended Pete Hegseth with a media blitz and submitted congressional testimony during his historic confirmation as Secretary of Defense. Mark served as an infantry officer in the Iowa Army National Guard and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School. He was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and Bronze Star Medal in Afghanistan during the deadliest year of Operation Enduring Freedom. Lucas voluntarily deployed to South Korea during the height of tensions between the United States and North Korea.
Eric Branstad - Board Member
Eric Branstad is a Partner at Branstad Churchill Group, specializing in developing and managing public relations campaigns, government relations, and international trade. Branstad served in the first Trump administration as Senior White House Advisor at the U.S. Department of Commerce under Secretary Wilbur Ross. He also served as Liaison to the Nation’s Governors for the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee. Prior to his work with the Trump Administration, Branstad held the role of Iowa state director for the Donald J. Trump for President Campaign, where Trump scored the largest margin of victory in the state since President Reagan’s election in 1980. He also served as Rules Committee Whip and Floor Whip at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Branstad has had a long career in Republican politics in Iowa, dating back to the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign in 2004, as well as earlier work for the state GOP during the 2002 midterm election.