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Mayer Brown’s more than 60 appellate lawyers have argued over 200 cases before the United States Supreme Court, representing either parties or amici in approximately 15 cases each Term for the past several years, and arguing an average of four per Term. In addition, lawyers in the practice have argued over 500 cases in other appellate courts throughout the nation, including in every federal court of appeals and in the appellate or supreme courts of a majority of the states.
Spotlights
Clients interviewed by Legal 500 US call Mayer Brown an "analytical powerhouse" and "praise the practice for being 'unbelievably responsive and client-oriented,' and for 'advancing reasonable business interests.'"
Chambers USA observes that our “broad assembly of talented advocates is well known for its sophisticated work across a range of areas and disciplines, including securities, antitrust, IP, environmental and tax."
Legal 500 US reports that "Six of the Supreme Court cases that the firm took on in 2008 were distributed between four of the firm's lawyers, which demonstrates an egalitarian policy and depth of bench within the practice that contrasts with the 'star-centric' status quo in some Supreme Court practices."
Clients expressed to Legal 500 2009 that Mayer Brown's Supreme Court and Appellate attorneys are "master strategists," and the "best at what they do - high-quality appeals'."

Chambers USA and Legal 500 US have again recognized our Supreme Court & Appellate group's preeminence in the field: for the third year in a row, both  Chambers USA and Legal 500 US rank us as a top tier practice, with Chambers noting that our "heavyweight appellate team...is widely regarded as one of the best in the USA." The publications' comments illustrate Mayer Brown's dominance in the field of appellate advocacy.

Also, for the third year in a row, the National Law Journal named Mayer Brown to its "Appellate Hot List," recognizing firms that practice "exemplary, cutting-edge appellate advocacy."

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
External DocumentHouse OKs narrow bill on animal cruelty
Mayer Brown Supreme Court & Appellate practice partner Andrew Tauber quoted on the constitutionality of a new animal cruelty law. Read >>
HTML DocumentLegal 500 US ranks Mayer Brown in 22 categories, lists 4 practices in top tier and cites 16 “Leading Lawyers”
Mayer Brown LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the 2010 edition of Legal 500 United States ranks the firm’s practices in 22 categories, including top-tier rankings in four categories: Litigation – Supreme Court & Appellate; Tax, Domestic – Central; Tax Controversy; and Technology – Outsourcing. The publication also lists 16 Mayer Brown partners as “Leading Lawyers” in their practice categories. Read >>
External DocumentBusiness Wins, Loses at US Supreme Court This Term
Mayer Brown Supreme Court partner Andy Pincus quoted on the pro-business perception of the Supreme Court. Subscription required. Read >>
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Federal Appellate Practice

Over two dozen members of the Supreme Court & Appellate practice worked together to author Federal Appellate Practice, which publisher BNA Books describes as “[a] practical manual on handling federal appellate matters, especially civil appeals and cases involving review of federal administrative agencies.” The result is a very impressive volume, which practitioners will greatly appreciate. It makes a perfect companion to Supreme Court Practice, highlighted below and also published by BNA Books, for which several partners at the firm have been responsible for many years.

To view the table of contents or find out more information on the treatise, please click here.

To coincide with the launch of the book, our Supreme Court & Appellate hosted a teleconference series focusing on topics of interest to counsel dealing with appeals in the federal courts. Please click below to access recordings for each of the events:

 
Focus On The Supreme Court
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
2009 Term, June 29, 2010

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 June 29, 2010, discusses the following case in which the Court granted certiorari:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act - Retaliation Claims

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 - June 28, 2010

Supreme Court Reference Material
The following are some useful charts and Mayer Brown publications on the Supreme Court and Supreme Court practice:
Supreme Court Practice Treatise
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.

 
 
Recent Oral Arguments
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 217 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.
 
 
 
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