May Mailman

May Mailman (née Davis) is an American attorney, legal scholar, and public commentator. She currently serves as the Director of Independent Women’s Law Center at Independent Women's Forum (IWF).https://www.iwf.org/people/may-mailman/ 
==Early Life and Education==
May Mailman was born in New Orleans and is of mixed ethnicity.https://www.iwf.org/people/may-mailman-2/ Her mother was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to the United States, where May was raised. May spent her childhood in the rural community of Goodland, Kansas and graduated high school from Clay Center Community High School in Clay Center, Kansas. 
May earned her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Kansas where she served as the Student Body Vice President. She later attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 2015. At Harvard, she was the President of the Harvard Federalist Society.https://www.iwf.org/people/may-mailman/
==Career==
Government Service
From 2017 to 2021, Mailman held senior legal and policy positions within the Trump administration, where she advised on a wide array of constitutional and public policy issues. https://fedsoc.org/contributors/sylvia-davis As Deputy Assistant to the President and Advisor to the White House Counsel, she was involved in shaping the administration's response to several critical issues, including immigration policy. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-aide-may-davis-a-stephen-miller-ally-who-floated-sending-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-gets-promotion One of her key roles involved advising on the controversial use of executive authority to direct funds for the construction of a border wall and sanctuary city policies, both central to President Trump’s immigration agenda.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/us/politics/sanctuary-cities-trump.html
Mailman was also deeply involved in advising the White House during the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04/29/trump-administration-cdc-interference-religious-groups/
==Legal Practice==
Prior to joining the White House, Mailman clerked for Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and practiced law as an associate at Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell LLP in Denver.https://fedsoc.org/contributors/sylvia-davis
==Advocacy and Nonprofit Work==
From 2021 - 2023, Mailman was Deputy Solicitor General for the state of Ohio, litigating the legality of the Department of Labors vaccine-or-testing mandate for all businesses with 100 or more employees.https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/ohio-v-dept-of-labor-osha/ In 2023, Mailman was Vice President at Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), which calls itself "the active counterweight to activist election-debasing efforts." https://riteusa.org/former-white-house-legal-and-policy-advisor-may-davis-mailman-named-vice-president-of-rite/
In 2021, Mailman joined the Independent Women’s Forum as a Senior Fellow before being promoted to the Director of the Independent Women’s Law Center in 2024. Independent Women’s Forum is a conservative nonprofit.https://www.iwf.org/about/ One of her most prominent cases involves representing sorority women in legal disputes over the definition of "woman" in organizational bylaws.https://www.iwf.org/westenbroek-v-kappa-kappa-gamma/
==Media Appearances and Commentary==
Mailman is a frequent commentator on legal and public policy issues and has appeared on conservative and mainstream television networks, including CNN, Fox News, NewsNation, and NewsMax. Her media appearances often focus on constitutional law, women's rights, and political news. Mailman has written for a number of high-profile publications, including National Review, Daily Mail, Newsweek, and The Federalist. 
==Teaching and Early Career==
Before pursuing law, Mailman participated in Teach for America, where she taught sixth-grade in Kansas City. This early experience with public service laid the foundation for her later work in government and public policy.
==Personal Life==
May Mailman currently resides in The Woodlands, Texas, with her husband David and two daughters.https://www.iwf.org/people/may-mailman/
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