Anthony Gaughan is Associate Dean, Professor of Law, and Kern Family Chair in Law at Drake University Law School. He teaches Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Election Law, Evidence, and Legal & Constitutional History. In August 2024, he was appointed to the Iowa Supreme Court Iowa Rules of Civil Procedure Review Task Force. He is also a Senior Fellow in the Election Law Program at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Prior to joining Drake Law, Gaughan was a litigator with a large Wisconsin law firm. He is an Iraq veteran and former U.S. Navy officer. He has taught at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, the University of Nebraska College of Law, and the University of Iowa College of Law as a visiting professor.
Gaughan is author of the book,The Last Battle of the Civil War: United States versus Lee, 1861-1883 (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2011) (peer reviewed), a legal history of the Supreme Court's famous Arlington National Cemetery case. He has published articles with a wide range of journals, including the Journal of Supreme Court History; the Duke Journal of Constitutional Law and Public Policy; the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy; the American Journal of Legal History; the British Journal of American Legal Studies; the Ohio State Law Journal; the Fordham Law Review; and the American University Law Review.
Gaughan received the Leland Forrest Outstanding Professor of the Year award four times from the graduating class at Drake Law School (2015, 2016, 2021, and 2025). He was awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal for his military service in Iraq.
Areas of Expertise
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Election Law, Evidence, Legal and Constitutional History
