Appellate Law
USA Guide 2024 : USA - Nationwide
Band 2
Contact number
202-663-6000About
Provided by WilmerHale
Our practice is universally recognized as among the very best nationwide. Clients retain us for the most complex and high-stakes matters, and our victories have helped shape the legal landscape in many arenas. We have an equally wide-ranging practice in the federal courts of appeals and the state appellate courts; handle or assist with complex legal matters in the trial courts; and provide strategic advice to clients in a variety of industries and across a range of legal areas.
Our practice is chaired by former US Solicitor General Seth Waxman, who has argued 84 cases before the US Supreme Court. We have a remarkably deep bench: Vice Chairs Mark Fleming and Danielle Spinelli have argued six and seven Supreme Court cases, respectively, and Partners Debo Adegbile, Catherine Carroll, Tom Saunders and David Bowker have each argued multiple Supreme Court cases. The group has argued several hundred appeals in the federal courts of appeals and state appellate courts.
In 2020, 36 different lawyers made 58 oral arguments in 17 different federal and state courts of appeals. In 2019, we recorded an additional 37 arguments by 13 lawyers in 10 courts. In 2018, 31 of our lawyers argued 52 cases in 16 federal and state courts of appeals, covering a wide range of substantive areas.
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Chambers Review
WilmerHale is widely considered a leading light in technically complex cases and regulatory challenges, including considerable strengths in intellectual property disputes before the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, alongside broader capabilities in areas such as bankruptcy and restructuring, civil rights issues and Native American law. The firm draws from a notably deep bench with talented and experienced appellate litigators at all ranks of the practice, who are able to provide exceptional breadth of expertise in handling appeals in state and federal courts nationwide.
Work Highlights
- WilmerHale represented Harvard in the Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admissions v President and Fellows of Harvard College, where the court decided that race-conscious admissions violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Strengths
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Notable Practitioners
Seth Waxman has a highly respected appellate practice spanning the technology, media and financial sectors, in addition to particular expertise in appeals involving Native American law. He has appeared in a broad array of high-profile disputes and has handled over 80 oral arguments in the US Supreme Court.
"I couldn't have asked for a better oral advocate."
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