Full Name	Brito, Tonya L.
University/Affiliation	University of Wisconsin Law School
Title	Burrus-Bascom Professor of Law
Status	Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty
Professor Type	Doctrinal
ORCID ID	0000-0002-2596-7926
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