Michael Thielen has served as the Republican National Lawyers Association’s Executive Director since 2000 and was elected President of the Board. During his time at the RNLA, he has overseen its exponential growth and its mission to become the home for Republican lawyers in the GOP.

Michael is a speaker and organizer on the issues of election administration and judicial confirmations. On the former, he is a recognized expert on Election Integrity Operations having spoken to numerous nonpartisan and Republican groups on the importance of making it “easier to vote and harder to cheat.”

He was appointed a member of the Presidential Rank review board. He was on the National Board of Lawyers for Trump in 2020. He has written Op-Eds for the Daily Caller, Federalist, RedState and more. Michael graduated from the University of California Los Angeles and Pepperdine School of Law.