Allon Kedem brings a wealth of experience to his Appellate & Supreme Court practice, having argued 14 times in the Supreme Court of the United States — including earlier this Term in Delligatti v. United States — as well as appearing in federal and state courts around the country. Allon was recently named “One of 12 Lawyers Who Are the Future of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar” by Law360.
Prior to joining the firm, Allon served as an Assistant in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice. During his tenure there, he filed dozens of briefs on the merits and hundreds of certiorari-stage briefs in cases involving constitutional, statutory, and administrative law. His portfolio included issues arising under the False Claims Act, the Federal Arbitration Act, the securities laws, Indian law, and the Clean Water Act. Among other matters, Allon helped coordinate the government's response to constitutional challenges against the appointment of administrative law judges, which led to the Supreme Court's ruling in Lucia v. SEC.
Allon clerked at the Supreme Court twice: for Justice Anthony Kennedy during the 2009 Term, and then for Justice Elena Kagan the following year, her first on the Court. Earlier in his career, he was a law clerk for Judge Mark R. Kravitz of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and for Judge Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Experience
- AstraZeneca in achieving complete victory in the Third Circuit against the government in a dispute over the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program, the nation’s second-largest prescription drug program. Sanofi Aventis US v. Department of Health and Human Services, 58 F.4th 696 (3d Cir. 2023).
- Private citizen in a unanimous victory at the Supreme Court concerning application of the state-action doctrine to private social media use by public officials. Lindke v. Freed, 601 U.S. 187 (2024).
- Criminal defendant in a unanimous victory at the Supreme Court concerning interpretation of a federal mandatory-minimum sentencing statute affecting thousands of defendants each year. Wooden v. United States, 595 U.S. 360 (2022).
- Major chemical manufacturer in APA challenge to regulatory action by EPA on constitutional, statutory, and arbitrary-and-capricious grounds (pending in the D.C. Circuit).
- Pharmaceutical trade association (PhRMA) in successful constitutional challenge to Oregon drug-pricing and transparency law (appeal pending in the Ninth Circuit).
- Technology firm in Supreme Court petition raising APA challenge to $10 billion government contract award to provide cloud-computing services to the Department of Defense (government canceled the contract after filing).
- Pharmaceutical trade association (PhRMA) in successful APA challenge to halt implementation of federal regulations instituting “most favored nations” drug-pricing scheme for Medicare. Obtained temporary restraining order; regulation was later rescinded without ever going into effect.
Perspectives
Recognition
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Yale Law School
- A.B., Harvard College, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Government & Military Service
- Assistant to the Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
- Attorney-Adviser, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
Clerkships
- Supreme Court of the United States, The Honorable Elena Kagan
- Supreme Court of the United States, The Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, The Honorable Pierre N. Leval
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, The Honorable Mark R. Kravitz