Mayer Brown's more than
55 appellate lawyers have argued approximately 200 cases before the Supreme Court—including ten in the three most recent Terms—as well as hundreds more in federal and state appellate courts across the nation.
Spotlights
Chambers USA observes that our group is “exceptionally strong across the board” and “has taken its reputation in appellate matters to great heights.” It continues: “The group has built strong foundations in Washington, DC, Texas, and Illinois and the firm has been one of the first to move big-name appellate lawyers into its New York office.”
According to Chambers, “[c]lients praise the [Mayer Brown] team for its ‘quality, reputation and cost-effectiveness,’ and appreciate that the attorneys always deliver ‘the typical Mayer product. Their work is creative yet credible, very well thought out and very well written.’”
Legal 500 states that the firm’s appellate practice has “genuine national coverage and, in the words of one client, ‘a reputation for expertise in appeals.’ It is this depth of bench compared to its rivals that marks it out as a rock-solid top-tier player.”
We are ranked as the top appellate practice in the country by both
Legal 500 United States and Chambers USA 2007. Each publication rates hundreds of firms in dozens of practice areas, from Antitrust to Wealth Management. In only one practice area—appellate law—did the two publications place the same practice—Mayer Brown’s appellate practice—in a class by itself as the sole national leader.
Welcome to our web site. Here, we have collected information and links relevant to Supreme Court and appellate practice, as well as information about our attorneys and the cases we have handled in recent years. We hope you enjoy exploring the site.
Mayer Brown In The News
Supreme Court & Appellate Practice Named to the National Law Journal's "Appellate Hot List" 7 April 2008 - The Supreme Court & Appellate practice of Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, was listed in the inaugural edition of the National Law Journal's (NLJ) "Appellate Hot List." The NLJ rankings honor law firms that practice "exemplary, cutting-edge appellate advocacy." The NLJ noted in its article that Mayer Brown and other firms chosen deserved "credit for unqualified excellence." Read >>
Mayer Brown Scores Major Victory 2 April 2008 - Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, scored a major victory in the Appellate Court of Illinois on Monday on behalf of iPCS Wireless, Inc in its high-profile litigation with Sprint. Read >>
Supreme Court Issues Three Preemption Decisions In One Day—And Mayer Brown Is On The Winning Side In Each One 20 February 2008 - The Supreme Court today issued three major decisions relating to the federal preemption of state law, and Mayer Brown lawyers were on the winning side in each case. The three decisions—in Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc. (No. 06-179), in Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Association (No. 06-457), and in Preston v. Ferrer (No. 06-1463)—directly affect medical device manufacturers, interstate shippers, and all companies that enter arbitration agreements, but are also tremendously important for all businesses that confront state-law requirements in federally regulated areas. The decisions are discussed in more detail after the jump. Read >>
Mayer Brown boasts one of
the premier Supreme Court practices in the country.
The following are some resources about the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court Docket Reports
2007 Term, Number 12 / April 21, 2008
Mayer Brown prepares a newsletter
describing all cases of interest to the business community in which the Supreme
Court grants certiorari. The most recent docket report, issued April 21, 2008, discusses the following cases in which the Court granted certiorari:
This docket report is available
here.
All other docket reports from the last several years are available here.
Click here to request email delivery of future docket reports.
Decision Alert
Decision Alert -
April 15, 2008
Today the Supreme Court issued
two decisions of interest to the business community.
With three
current members of Mayer Brown's
appellate litigation group among its coauthors, the
leading treatise on Supreme Court litigation -- Supreme
Court Practice by Eugene Gressman,
Stephen M. Shapiro, Kenneth S. Geller, Timothy S.
Bishop, and Edward A. Hartnett -- is written
from the authors' firsthand knowledge and experience. A
new, ninth edition was released in December 2007
incorporating changes in practice resulting from the
Court's new rules, which became effective October 1,
2007. The
preface and table of contents are available on
this site. To order the book from its publisher,
BNA,
click here.
Book Reviews Click here
to read the review of the ninth edition that originally appeared in the February 11, 2008 issue of Legal Times
Click here to read the review of the eight edition that originally
appeared in the Summer 2002 issue of The Appellate
Practice Journal
Click here to read the review of the eight edition that appeared in the
Autumn 2002 issue of
The
Green Bag
The Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic
In addition to their duties at Mayer Brown,
Andy Pincus and Charles Rothfeld helped found and are
co-directors of the Yale Law School Supreme Court
Clinic. The clinic provides clients with the highest quality pro bono representation
before the United States Supreme Court, and is in addition to Mayer Brown's
other pro bono efforts in the Supreme Court. More information about the Clinic
is available at its web site.
The Oyez Project
Northwestern
University's
Oyez Project is a multimedia site with information
on the Supreme Court and online recordings of most
recent Supreme Court arguments. Mayer Brown is a proud sponsor of the Oyez Project.
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Mayer Brown's Supreme Court and Appellate Practice group has a depth
and breadth of Supreme Court experience without equal in the
private bar. To see and listen to representative recent
arguments by the members of the group, please visit our
oral
arguments page. To see a complete list of the 207 cases our
lawyers have argued in the Supreme Court,
click here.
Recent Briefs
We file hundreds of briefs in the Supreme Court and
other federal and state courts of appeals a year.
We post a wide selection of these briefs on this site.
Briefs, sorted by case name, subject matter, court, or
attorney, can be viewed
here.
Recent Articles
Our lawyers frequently write articles on important
appellate decisions, Supreme Court and appellate
practice, and other topics. To read a variety of
recent articles by our lawyers,
click here.
Mayer Brown is a global legal services organization comprising legal
practices that are separate entities ("Mayer Brown Practices"). The
Mayer Brown Practices are: Mayer Brown LLP, a limited liability
partnership established in the United States; Mayer Brown
International LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in
England and Wales; and JSM, a Hong Kong partnership, and its
associated entities in Asia. The Mayer Brown Practices are known as
Mayer Brown JSM in Asia.
