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Tribunal de Apelaciones y Tribunal Supremo

Al ser clasificado sistemáticamente como uno de los escritorios jurídicos más importantes del país especializado en apelaciones, Arnold & Porter y su grupo de ejercicio ante el Tribunal Supremo y el Tribunal de Apelaciones ha establecido para sí mismo una excelente reputación por su capacidad de manejar apelaciones exitosamente, de manera enérgica y sin precedentes, protegiendo los intereses de nuestros clientes en una amplia gama de áreas jurídicas.

Record de victorias sin precedente ante el Tribunal Supremo. Este grupo lo preside Lisa Blatt, quien ha argumentado 33 casos ante la Corte Suprema, de los cuales ha prevalecido en 32 - un récord de éxitos sin precedente.  Desde 2010 hemos representado a clientes en ocho casos de fondo ante el Tribunal Supremo y hemos prevalecido en cada uno de ellos.

Un equipo poderoso de profesionales expertos en apelaciones. Los clientes buscan la experiencia que caracteriza a nuestro equipo, entre cuyos miembros incluye a un veterano de la oficina del Procurador General, ex secretarios del Tribunal Supremo y de casi todos los tribunales del Circuito de Apelaciones, un ex jefe de Apelaciones en lo Penal de la Oficina del Fiscal de Estados Unidos en el Distrito Sur de Nueva York, profesores adjuntos de Derecho de apelaciones, un ex presidente de la Academia de Abogados de Apelaciones de California, y un abogado clasificado por Best Lawyers como “Abogado del Año" en apelaciones en Denver.

Trabajamos en equipo con defensores de alto nivel en áreas de ejercicio importantes.  Uno de los elementos clave de nuestro éxito es la coordinación entre los defensores en apelaciones y nuestros abogados reconocidos a nivel nacional, en numerosas industrias globales y áreas significativas del Derecho, entre las cuales podemos mencionar el antimonopolio, los productos de consumo, el derecho medioambiental, los servicios financieros, la atención de la salud, la propiedad intelectual, las ciencias de la vida, los litigios transnacionales y la defensa de crímenes de cuello blanco.

Reconocimiento a nivel nacional.  Este grupo ha sido reconocido reiteradamente por The National Law Journal’s Appellate "Hot List", Chambers EE.UU., The Legal 500 y US News & World Report.

 

Recognized nine times on The National Law Journal 's "Appellate Hot List"
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Experience Highlights

  • Obtaining certiorari and securing 9-0 victory in important First Amendment social media case involving government officials. Lindke v. Freed, 601 U.S. 187 (2024)

  • Obtaining certiorari from intermediate state court decision and winning 7-2 vacatur of criminal conviction in online free speech case. Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. 66 (2023)

  • Obtaining certiorari and winning 9-0 in opinion interpreting the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Dupree v. Younger, 598 U.S. 729 (2023)

  • Winning 7-2 victory in important civil rights case. Health & Hosp. Corp. of Marion Cnty. v. Talevski, 599 U.S. 166 (2023)

  • Obtaining certiorari from intermediate state court decision and winning major separation of powers decision. Torres v. Texas Dep’t of Pub. Safety, 597 U.S. 580 (2022).

  • 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. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP v. Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services, 58 F.4th 696 (3d Cir. 2023).

  • American Home Assurance Company in obtaining reversal of an $18 million judgment in the Third Circuit against an affiliate of AIG arising from faulty workmanship in the fracking of natural gas wells. American Home Assurance Co. v. Superior Well Services, Inc., 75 F.4th 184 (3d Cir. 2023).

  • The Oakland Raiders in winning dismissal of an antitrust challenge to the Oakland Raiders’ relocation to Las Vegas and preserving the judgment on appeal to the Ninth Circuit. City of Oakland v. Oakland Raiders, 20 F.4th 441 (9th Cir. 2021).

  • Sanofi and Regeneron in a complete victory before the district court, Federal Circuit, and United States Supreme Court, preserving the clients’ ability to continue to market its life-saving cholesterol-reducing drug Praluent. Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, 143 S. Ct. 1243 (2023)

  • BP in persuading the Fifth Circuit to reverse a $77 million judgment in longstanding litigation concerning claims for alleged lost business profits resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. O'Brien's Response Management LLC v. BP Exploration & Production Inc., 24 F.4th 422 (5th Cir. 2022).

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Recognition

  • Chambers USA
    Appellate Law – Nationwide (2024)
    Litigation: Appellate – California (2024)
  • The National Law Journal
    "Appellate Hot List" (2023), recognized for the 9th year.
  • Law360
    "Practice Group of the Year" (2023)
    "Firms That Dominated the Federal Circuit"
    Litigation Powerhouse
  • BTI Consulting Group
    Intimidating Opponent in Litigation (2025)
    Complex Commercial Litigation Powerhouses (2024)
    Most Feared in Litigation (2024)
  • U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers
    "Best Law Firms" for Appellate Practice – Washington, D.C., National, New Jersey, San Francisco (2025)
    "Best Law Firms" for Bet-the-Company Litigation – San Francisco (2025)
    "Best Law Firms" for Litigation - Insurance – Colorado (2023)
  • The Legal 500 US
    Appellate: Courts of Appeals (2024)
    Appellate: Supreme Courts (states and federal) (2024)
  • Financial Times Innovative Lawyers
    “Standout” Innovative Lawyers in the Supreme Court (2023)
  • LMG Life Sciences
    Impact Case of the Year: Hologic v. Minerva
  • Washingtonian Magazine
    "Top Lawyers" Supreme Court