JOIN US FOR LUNCH WITH CHARLES ESKRIDGE AS HE DISCUSSES HIS
PAPER,“AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT FOR EVERY SONG IN
‘HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL’”
CHARLES ESKRIDGE JOINED QUINN EMANUEL’S HOUSTON OFFICE IN
2015. PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS A PARTNER FOR 20 YEARS WITH SUSMAN GODFREY
LLP. HE SPECIALIZES IN COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION, REPRESENTING
PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS IN FEDERAL AND STATE COURTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. ESKRIDGE SERVES AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
HOUSTON LAW CENTER, WHERE HE TEACHES A CLASS ON THE ORIGINS OF THE
U.S. CONSTITUTION. A SUSTAINING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LAW
INSTITUTE, BOTH _TEXAS LAW AND POLITICS_AND _TEXAS MONTHLY_MAGAZINES
HAVE NAMED HIM AMONG TEXAS’ “SUPER LAWYERS” SINCE
2005. SENATORS JOHN CORNYN AND TED CRUZ APPOINTED ESKRIDGE TO THEIR
FEDERAL JUDICIAL EVALUATION COMMITTEE. ESKRIDGE RECEIVED A BS_MAGNA
CUM LAUDE_FROM TRINITY UNIVERSITY IN SAN ANTONIO, AND A JD _SUMMA CUM
LAUDE_FROM PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY.
ESKRIDGE IS THE AUTHOR OF “AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT FOR EVERY SONG
IN ‘HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL’” WHICH TRACES THE
HISTORICAL EVENTS LEADING TO INDEPENDENCE, THE FORMATION OF THE
CONSTITUTION, AND THE EARLY EXPERIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES BY
ASSOCIATING AN ORIGINAL DOCUMENT THAT CAPTURES THE THEME OR ACTUAL
NARRATIVE OF EACH SONG IN HAMILTON. AT LEAST 7 OF THE SONGS DRAW
DIRECTLY FROM PAPERS WRITTEN BY HAMILTON HIMSELF, INCLUDING
WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS, THE FEDERALIST PAPERS, THE
HAMILTON/JEFFERSON DEBATE ON THE NATIONAL BANK, AND THE
HAMILTON/MADISON DEBATE ON THE STATEMENT OF NEUTRALITY IN THE
“QUASI-WAR” BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. OTHER SONGS EXPLORE
THEMES OF LIBERTY, EDUCATION, RIGHT TO REVOLUTION, IMMIGRATION, AND
MORE.
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