As director of the Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice, Timothy Lynch examines governmental policies for their constitutionality and efficacy.

Lynch regards the most pressing problem today to be the federal government's prosecution of the drug war. He considers the criminal justice system ill-suited for coping with personal drug abuse, and drug cases have overwhelmed and paralyzed our legal system. Lynch is an outspoken critic of police misconduct and corruption, hate crime legislation, gun control and the militarization of police tactics. In 2000, he served on the National Committee to Prevent Wrongful Executions.

Since joining Cato in 1991, Lynch has published articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, ABA Journal, and the National Law Journal. He has been seen on such television programs as the "Lehrer Newshour," "NBC Nightly News," "ABC World News Tonight," Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," and C-SPAN's "Washington Journal."

Lynch has also filed several amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in pending cases involving constitutional rights. He is the editor of the book After Prohibition: An Adult Approach to Drug Policies in the 21st Century.

Lynch is a 1990 graduate of the Marquette University School of Law and is a member of the Wisconsin and District of Columbia bars.