Vice Chair, Appellate & Supreme Court Group
Danielle handles appeals and other matters raising complex legal questions in a wide variety of substantive areas, including administrative law, antitrust, commercial law, constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, federal jurisdiction, insurance law, and international trade. She has particularly deep knowledge and experience in bankruptcy and Native American law. Danielle has argued seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, prevailing in six, most recently including Mathena v. Malvo (2020) (juvenile life without parole; state dismissed petition after argument, preserving Malvo’s Fourth Circuit win); Mission Product Holdings v. Tempnology (2019) (successfully argued that rejection of license agreement in bankruptcy does not terminate license); and Czyzewski v. Jevic Transportation Co. (2017) (successfully argued that structured dismissal of Chapter 11 case that violated priority was unlawful). She has also argued before the D.C., Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal Circuits. She has been recognized as a leading Supreme Court, appellate, Native American, and/or bankruptcy practitioner by Chambers, Legal 500, Best Lawyers, Washingtonian, and Law360. She serves on the Advisory Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedure, to which she was appointed by the Chief Justice, and is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Danielle's full biography appears at http://www.wilmerhale.com/danielle_spinelli/.
