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Aileen McGrath

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1.415.765.9553 amcgrath@akingump.com

Work Department

Partner; Supreme Court & Appellate

Position

Aileen McGrath represents clients in high-stakes appeals in the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts throughout the country, with a particular focus on federal and state appellate courts in California. She has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit and various California appellate courts. Aileen has particular experience and expertise in constitutional and civil rights issues, consumer protection cases, class actions, labor and employment matters, state and local government litigation, and state and federal administrative proceedings. In addition to her appellate work, Aileen frequently works with clients at the trial court level. She is known as a creative problem-solver and high-level strategist, and often works with trial teams to solve complicated legal problems or to draft and argue high-profile motions.

To learn more about Aileen McGrath, please visit her profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/aileen-mcgrath

Career

Prior to joining Akin, Aileen served as co-chief of appellate litigation in the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office. She began her tenure at the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office in 2012 as Deputy City Attorney on the Complex and Affirmative Litigation team. During her time at the City Attorney’s Office, she served as lead counsel for San Francisco in a variety of matters at both the trial and appellate level, in state and federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.

Earlier in her career, Aileen served as a law clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court Appeals for the 1st Circuit. She also worked as a chambers attorney on the California Supreme Court for Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar.

Memberships

California Bar

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, 2007

B.A., Columbia University, magna cum laude, 2003

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)

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Aileen McGrath – Akin

Akin houses a thriving national appellate practice, which is primarily recognized for its record in IP, American Indian law, financial restructuring and labor law cases. Additionally, the wider firm’s formidable regulatory offering marks it as a key player in administrative law and Administrative Procedure Act litigation, as recently evidenced by its wor on behalf of four importers challenging the Trump Administration’s trade war with China, which represents one of the largest cases in the Court of International Trade’s history. Spearheading the group is Washington DC-based Pratik Shah, who has argued seventeen cases before the US Supreme Court and sixty cases in other appellate courts across the country. Shah teamed up with fellow DC-based appellate specialists James E. Tysse and Julius Chen to lead the importer challenge appeal before the Federal Circuit. In San Francisco, Aileen McGrath is noted for her focus on federal and state appellate courts in California.

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