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Z.W. Julius Chen

Z.W. Julius Chen

Akin, United States

Work Department

Supreme Court & Appellate Partner; Disputes & Investigations

Position

Focuses his practice on federal and state appellate litigation. Julius has particular experience relating to administrative and constitutional law, financial restructuring, intellectual property and Native American tribes.

To learn more about Julius, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/z-w-julius-chen.html

Career

Julius Chen represents clients at all stages of appellate litigation and has been a partner in Akin's Supreme Court & appellate litigation group since 2019. He is the principal drafter of more than a hundred briefs filed in the U.S. Supreme Court and the federal courts of appeals, and he has argued cases in the 6th, 9th, D.C., and Federal Circuits, as well as the Florida Supreme Court. He has also counseled clients on numerous briefs filed in trial courts nationwide. Julius obtained his J.D. from Columbia School of Law with highest honors, and clerked for Judge Rogers on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Judge Ellis on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Memberships

Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court

The Appellate Project

Georgetown Supreme Court Institute Moot Court Program.

Federal Circuit Bar Association, Amicus Committee Vice Chair

National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Education

J.D., Columbia Law School, with highest honors, 2009

B.A., Princeton University, magna cum laude, 2005

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