April 15, 2010
Formerly a U.S. Supreme Court clerk and solicitor general of Alabama, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP’s Kevin Newsom has notched recent wins in a voting rights case at the Supreme Court and at Alabama’s highest court, where he reversed an $81 million fraud judgment against GlaxoSmithKline PLC, earning Newsom a spot among Law360’s 10 appellate attorneys under 40 to watch.
April 14, 2010
With victories in the U.S. Supreme Court that range from the Citizens United campaign finance case to a patent ruling that saved Microsoft Corp. billions of dollars, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Matthew D. McGill has earned a spot on Law360's list of 10 appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
April 13, 2010
A brilliant writer and powerful oral advocate who has helped save clients, including General Dynamics Corp. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., hundreds of millions of dollars with her appellate work, Jenner & Block LLP's Elaine J. Goldenberg has earned a spot among Law360's 10 appellate attorneys under 40 to watch.
April 12, 2010
At 33 years old, Jenner & Block LLP's Matthew S. Hellman has taken high-profile fights to the nation's highest court and helped the Entertainment Software Association successfully fight state laws censoring video games in three appellate courts, earning him a spot among Law360's 10 appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
April 09, 2010
At 39, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's Tom Goldstein has already argued 22 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, founded one of the most popular legal blogs ever and inspired plans for a TV series based on his career, earning him a spot as one of Law360's 10 appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
April 08, 2010
Sidley Austin LLP's Robert Hochman has built a wide-ranging appellate practice that has taken him from disputing the definition of “violent felony” before the U.S. Supreme Court to defeating multimillion-dollar patent verdicts for Microsoft Corp., making him one of Law360's 10 rising appellate stars under 40.
April 07, 2010
WilmerHale partner Mark Fleming’s appellate experience ranges from successfully arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that Guantanamo Bay prisoners have a constitutional right to challenge their detention, to narrowing a multimillion-dollar patent verdict levied against Medtronic Inc., earning him a spot on Law 360's list of 10 appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
April 06, 2010
After helping make history in the Bush v. Gore case in 2000, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP partner Thomas Dupree has continued to work on major cases — for Chrysler, CSX Corp., Mattel Inc. and other companies — earning him a spot on Law 360's list of 10 appellate lawyers under 40 to watch.
April 05, 2010
By his mid-30s, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's R. Ted Cruz had already argued eight cases before the U.S. Supreme Court — including the Texas congressional redistricting case — the most of any Texas attorney ever, helping land him on Law360's list of the top 10 appellate attorneys under 40 to watch.