 |
|
|
|
Tim Bishop has argued four cases before the Supreme Court of the United
States (including, notably, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). He 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 nationally in Chambers
USA's Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers), 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.
Before coming to Mayer Brown Tim worked at the American Civil Liberties Union
in Chicago. With Ken Geller and Steve Shapiro, he is co-authoring the Ninth
Edition of Supreme Court Practice.
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. |
|
| © Copyright 2008. Mayer
Brown LLP, Mayer Brown International LLP, and/or JSM. All rights
reserved. 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. |