Founding Partner
CurrentRepresentative Experience• Successfully represented petitioner Abigail Fisher in Fisher v. University of Texas, a constitutional challenge to the university's race-based admission policies that was argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2012.• Successfully represented Shelby County, Alabama in its challenge to the constitutionality of the renewal of the preclearance provisions of the Voting Rights Act that was argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in 2013.• Handles Constitutional litigation involving First Amendment protection of political activity and commercial speech.• Specializes in federal preemption defenses to food and drug tort liability.• Represents a major airline in antitrust civil litigation and merger investigations.• Leads tort reform initiative for major pharmaceutical companies.• Represents physicians group in successful effort to overturn U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pediatric Rule.
