Michael Jean
Litigation Counsel
Jean comes to SAF after serving as the Managing Director of the Office of Litigation Counsel at the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action. In that role, Jean represented America’s sportsmen in numerous lawsuits, both at the state and federal levels, including one of the most significant Second Amendment cases in our nation’s history, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen.
Jean’s work includes defending access to over 60 million acres of public land, fighting against limits on traditional lead ammunition and overturning trophy-import bans at the federal level. He has also litigated five different cases under the Endangered Species Act involving grizzly bears and wolves.
Currently, Jean is leading the challenge of a new California law that censors and prohibits advertising hunting and education programs to youth throughout the state.
Jean earned undergraduate degrees in Criminal Justice and American Public Policy from Western Michigan University, where he also went on to earn a Juris Doctorate. He clerked for the Criminal Division of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan in Detroit, and began his legal career as a litigation intern at Safari Club International while finishing his degree.
