Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
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Hall of fameClement & Murphy PLLC
Paul is widely recognized as a leading U.S. Supreme Court advocate, focusing on appellate matters, constitutional litigation and strategic counseling. He has argued over 100 cases before the Supreme Court, including eleven times in the last two terms and several of the highest-profile cases of the past decade. Paul has argued more Supreme Court cases since 2000 than any lawyer in or out of government. He has also argued over 100 cases in the federal courts of appeals, including multiple successful appeals in cases involving billion-dollar verdicts.
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McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Partner Paul Hughes is co-chair of the Firm’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group. He briefs and argues complex appeals, and he develops legal strategy for trial litigation. An experienced appellate lawyer, Paul has argued eight times at the US Supreme Court, including in February, March, October, and December 2019, and March 2020. He has argued more than 40 cases, including before en banc sittings of the Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits, and before panels of the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, DC, and Federal Circuits. Paul works across substantive areas of law. He frequently litigates challenges to administrative agency action, especially with respect to immigration, the life sciences industry, and taxation. In 2018, Law360 named Paul an “MVP” for his intellectual property work before the Federal Circuit. Paul also has deep experience with the False Claims Act, bankruptcy, civil rights, and securities law. Please visit our website for more details: https://www.mwe.com/people/hughes-paul-w/
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Partner Michael B. Kimberly is co-chair of the Firm’s Supreme Court and Appellate Practice Group. He has presented more than two dozen appellate arguments, including six times before the US Supreme Court and three times before the en banc courts of appeals. He has briefed and argued cases covering a wide range of subject matters, with particular experience in the areas of the Commerce Clause, preemption, the Social Security and Medicare Acts, ERISA, the Bankruptcy Code, and the antitrust laws. In addition to handling appeals, Michael works frequently with his colleagues in trial courts to shape litigation strategy and present the most compelling dispositive motions. He is routinely involved in cases challenging the constitutionality of state legislation and the legality of federal administrative actions. Please visit our website for more details: https://www.mwe.com/people/kimberly-michael-b/
MoloLamken LLP
Jeffrey Lamken, a nationally recognized appellate practitioner, has argued 27 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and briefed dozens more on a wide range of topics, including administrative law, antitrust, bankruptcy, civil rights, criminal procedure, energy, intellectual property, searches and seizures, separation of powers, and telecommunications. He has handled matters in virtually all of the federal courts of appeals. He possesses particularly deep expertise in the specialized Federal Circuit. Mr. Lamken also develops, briefs, and argues critical motions in trial matters.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Mark Perry represents clients in class actions and other complex commercial disputes, including securities, employment, and patent cases. His emphasis is on the appellate aspects of such litigation, with principal responsibility for many cases in federal and state supreme courts and courts of appeals.
Akin
Head of Akin’s Supreme Court & appellate practice. Pratik has argued 15 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court (winning all but three), and over 50 cases in the federal courts of appeals (including in every circuit). Under Pratik’s leadership, Akin has been a mainstay on NLJ’s Appellate Hot List, named one of the top three appellate practices in the Best of Corporate Counsel rankings, and recognized as Law360’s Practice Group of the Year. Previously, Pratik served for more than five years as an Assistant to the Solicitor General at the DOJ. He received a number of awards for his advocacy before the Supreme Court during that time, including the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for his role as lead drafter of the successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act in United States v. Windsor. To learn more about Pratik, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/pratik-a-shah.html
Munger, Tolles & Olson
Clement & Murphy PLLC
Erin focuses on Supreme Court, appellate and constitutional litigation. She has argued four cases before the Supreme Court and briefed numerous matters in the Court. She also regularly practices before the U.S. Courts of Appeals, where she has argued in nearly every circuit. Her extensive appellate experience spans multiple topics and industries.