Lawyers at Munger, Tolles & Olson find favor for their ability to ‘put their egos aside and work as a cohesive team’. From its bases in Washington DC and San Francisco, the group is active nationwide; over the past two years alone, it has handled appeals in eleven of the thirteen federal circuit courts, as well as in SCOTUS, many state supreme courts and intermediate appellate courts. In Washington DC, former Solicitor General Donald Verrilli is widely acknowledged to rank among the leading appellate lawyers in the country, with a remarkable record in complex, constitutional cases. Verrilli recently scored a high-profile SCOTUS win for the State of North Carolina in a case concerning the Constitution’s Elections Clause. Other key names in DC include Elaine Goldenberg, who ’distills complex and nuanced arguments down to easily digestible prose’; and Ginger Anders, who acted alongside Verrilli to successfully represent Mountain Valley Pipeline before the US Supreme Court in an emergency application to vacate stays placed on the construction of a gas pipeline. Also recommended are Benjamin Horwich, who is a key contact in San Francisco, and DC-based Rachel Miller-Ziegler, who was promoted to partner in January 2023.
Testimonials
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‘Don Verrilli, as the former Solicitor General, is obviously a brilliant and high-profile lead appellate advocate. He is masterful at the podium. But what sets this team apart is the incredible depth and experience of the partners and associates that make up the rest of the appellate team at Munger.’
‘The firm can staff an appeal with a number of partners with vast first-chair experience at all levels, including the Supreme Court. Lawyers put their egos aside and work as a cohesive team. They are absolutely top of class.’
Key clients
- Google LLC and/or Alphabet
- Wells Fargo Bank
Work highlights
- Represented AbbVie before the Third Circuit in obtaining a denial of class certification for third-party payers of the drug Niaspan, who alleged that AbbVie and Teva engaged in a ‘reverse-payment’ settlement to delay marketing of a generic version of Niaspan.
- Represented Ideker Farms before the Federal Circuit in securing a victory for farmers and landowners seeking compensation under the Fifth Amendment for the taking of their farmlands, when river alterations made by the US Army Corps of Engineers caused recurring flooding.