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Tim Bishop has argued four cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, has briefed more than 50 cases in that Court, and has briefed and argued many cases in federal and state courts of appeals and trial courts. Tim has extensive experience litigating cases in the areas of environmental law (in which he is top-ranked in Chambers), as well as antitrust, labor, ERISA, and employment law, and takings and other constitutional issues. He has also litigated important securities fraud cases in the trial and appellate courts on behalf of underwriters, broker-dealers and securities issuers, with a focus on dispositive motions, including class certification. He is co-author of Supreme Court Practice (9th ed. 2007), and is a frequent author and speaker on securities and environmental law topics.

Tim is a magna cum laude graduate of Northwestern University School of Law where he was Articles & Symposium Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review and a Wigmore Scholar. He received undergraduate and graduate law degrees from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, in England, with first class honors. After law school, Tim clerked for Judge James Oakes in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice William Brennan in the United States Supreme Court.