Simon Tam
Keynote Speaker • Author • Advocate
Simon Tam is an award-winning author, keynote speaker, and civil liberties advocate best known for winning Matal v. Tam — a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision that redefined First Amendment rights in trademark law. As founder of The Slants and author of Slanted, Simon speaks to legal conferences, universities, and civic organizations across four continents.
“One of the most inspiring people I have ever heard speak.”
— member, Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Making Noise.
“For a self-proclaimed troublemaker who took on the Supreme Court with his dance-rock band, The Slants' Tam and bandmate Joe X. Jiang are ready to prove that yes, the band was about politics and reclaiming a racial term for empowerment, but that it was also always about the music.”
-Broadway World
“His compelling memoir is about keeping true to his punk rock heart and making history.”
— The Washington Post
