FORA.tv Speaker - William Colby

William Colby is a Senior Fellow with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in Washington, D.C. He is also the lawyer who represented the family of Nancy Cruzan in their family's right-to-die case, the first such case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Colby has been interviewed on Larry King Live, CNN, MSNBC, Hardball, Fox News, Good Morning America, NPR, Today, CBS This Morning, and similar programs, and speaks across the country on the issues we face at the end of life. He has written on these topics for USA Today, Kansas City Star, Philadelphia Inquirer and other publications. His most recent book, Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America, was released in the summer of 2006. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law, clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and practiced law in Washington, D.C. and Kansas City.