Alaska Chapter: Supreme Court Roundup

Please join the Alaska Lawyers Chapter and the Federal Bar Association (Alaska Chapter) for its first annual Supreme Court Roundup to discuss the blockbuster cases—and other interesting cases—from the Supreme Court’s past term. We are pleased to be joined by Kannon Shanmugam, widely recognized as one of the top Supreme Court litigators in the country, having argued 36 cases before the Court. Among other interesting cases from last term, Kannon will explore the Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the voting rights decision in Allen v. Milligan, the student-loan forgiveness case in Biden v. Nebraska, and the religious liberty case in 303 Creative v. Elenis.

Presenter

Kannon Shanmugam
Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Practice and managing partner of the Washington office, Kannon Shanmugam is widely recognized as one of the nation’s top appellate lawyers. Kannon has argued 36 cases before the Supreme Court, including 28 cases in private practice. He has also argued over 100 appeals in courts across the country, including arguments in all thirteen federal courts of appeals and in numerous state courts. One study found that, over a five-year period, Kannon had the highest rate of successful petitions for review of any Supreme Court practitioner. He was lead counsel in the successful constitutional challenge to the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, described by the Wall Street Journal as the “constitutional case of the year.” This year alone, he successfully overturned the certification of a $13 billion securities class action arising out of the 2008 financial crisis (ATRS v. Goldman Sachs); he successfully defended the settlement of what is believed to be the largest private antitrust settlement in history (Fikes Wholesale v. HSBC Bank USA); and he successfully overturned a $570 million damages award in a high-profile trade-secrets case (Syntel v. TriZetto). Prior to private practice, Kannon served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and to Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Registration

Register Online by Monday, September 11.
https://fedsoc.org/events/supreme-court-term-review-1

$20 Fee (Lunch Provided)