The final numbers are in for Supreme Court arguments during “OT2008″ (the Court’s most-recently completed term, which began in October 2008), and despite only 78 cases being argued, a handful of lawyers accounted for the lion’s share of the time.
Carter Phillips (Ohio St. BA ‘73, Northwestern MA ‘75, JD ‘77) of Sidley Austin and Ted Olson (Pacific BA ‘62, Berkeley JD ‘65) of Gibson Dunn each argued six times this term.
We break down their numbers and highlight the other BigLaw attorneys making the list.
Phillips, a clerk for Burger, has had 56 arguments before the Supreme Court (including this term) as a partner at Sidley. He also appeared nine times during his three years as Assistant to the Solicitor General.
Olson, a controversial pick as Solicitor General under George W. Bush, has argued 55 total, including “more than a dozen” prior to becoming SG, and many more since returning to private practice. He goes for #56 in September in the reargument of Citizens United v. FEC on Sept. 9 (he’s 3-2 this term with that one pending).
Akin Gump’s Thomas Goldstein (UNC AB ‘92, American JD ‘95) argued three times (and is by far the youngest of the bunch).
Not sure what happened to firms like WilmerHale (Seth Waxman), Covington & Burling, Mayer Brown, and Jenner & Block this term. We’ve said countless times before that we’re not litigators, so help us out in the comments (or better yet, volunteer to write for us!)
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