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  • September 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Speak Wisely

    Not long ago, U.S. Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg described the first oral argument she made to the Supreme Court, when she worked as an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer in the

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  • July 31, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Number of Women Advocates Improving at High Court

    The dearth of women arguing before the Supreme Court is still a reality, but the numbers are improving, Supreme Court and appellate practitioners said last Tuesday night. "Th

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  • August 25, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Wacky Rules

    We are so cool. We hail from the big city, the "Second City" as we proudly proclaim (well, actually, the third city, but who's counting?). We witty, worldly bons vivants

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  • June 20, 2005 | Legal Times

    On the Record with Ann Kappler

    Ann Kappler is executive vice president and general counsel of the Federal National Mortgage Association, more commonly known as Fannie Mae. The government-chartered mortgage company has

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  • January 17, 2005 | National Law Journal

    HUD liable for violating the Fair Housing Act

    After a decade of litigation, a federal judge in Baltimore has ruled that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is on the hook for violations of the Fair Housing Act by co

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  • April 7, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Uncertainty for FCC's 'Net Neutrality' in Wake of Comcast Ruling

    In the wake of a stinging defeat in court, the Federal Communications Commission finds its ability to regulate the Internet in question, its signature "net neutrality" initiative hanging

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  • January 26, 2011 | Legal Times

    President Obama taps White House lawyer to serve as U.S. solicitor general

    President Barack Obama has tapped White House Deputy Counsel Donald Verrilli Jr. to serve as Solicitor General of the United States. If confirmed by the Senate, Verrilli would fill the

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  • May 14, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Jockeying begins for solicitor general job

    Just days after President Barack Obama announced he will nominate Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, speculation is already swirling about who will replace her as solicitor general, with names

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  • Gonzalez v. State of Arizona

    Publication Date: 2010-10-26
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nina Perales, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, San Antonio, Texas, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Jesus M. Gonzalez, et al. Jon M. Greenbaum, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellants Inter Tribal Council, et al. Karen J. Hartman-Tellez, Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Inter-Tribal Council, et al.
    for defendant: Barbara A. Bailey, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees State of Arizona and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. Mary R. O?Grady, Solicitor General, Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees State of Arizona and Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. Dennis Wilenchik, Wilenchik and Bartness, P.C., Phoenix, Arizona, for Defendants-Appellees Shelly Baker, La Paz County Recorder, et al. Sam Hirsch, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Kali N. Bracey, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Jessica Ring Amunson, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae The League of Women Voters of the United States. Barnaby W. Zall, Weinberg & Jacobs, LLP, Rockville, Maryland, on behalf of Amicus Curiae American Unity Legal Defense Fund, Inc. Charles E. Borden, O?Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amicus Curiae National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund. Joel M. Spector, Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, Colorado, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Mountain States Legal Foundation. Michael J. Reitz, Evergreen Freedom Foundation, Olympia, Washington, on behalf of Amicus Curiae Evergreen Freedom Foundation. Brian D. Netter, Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amici Curiae Congressman Robert A. Brady, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez, Congressman Raul M. Grijalva, and Congressman Jose E. Serrano. Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Amici Curiae Protect Arizona Now, Washington Legal Foundation, and Allied Educational Foundation.
    Case Number: No. 08-17094 No. 08-17115

    Cite as 10 C.D.O.S. 13590MARIA M. GONZALEZ,; LUCIANO VALENCIA; THE INTER TRIBAL COUNCIL OF ARIZONA, INC.; ARIZONA ADVOCACY NETWORK; STEVE M. GALLARDO; LEAGUE OF

  • May 19, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    David Bradford of Jenner & Block

    We don't discriminate between trial and appellate lawyers for Litigator of the Week honors. But even if we did, David Bradford of Jenner & Block might have cinched it both ways.

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