Deepak Gupta Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Founder of boutique law firm that acts as a counterweight to the corporate dominance of the Supreme Court and appellate bar. * Currently defending several nine-figure and eight-figure verdicts on appeal.* In January 2025, Deepak will argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, on former employees’ right to sue for disability discrimination.* In December 2024, Deepak argued and prevailed before the U.S. Supreme Court in NVIDIA v. Ohman, on pleading standards for securities fraud, persuading the Court to dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.* In March 2021, prevailed in a pair of U.S. Supreme Court cases on the Fourteenth Amendment's limits on personal jurisdiction (Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District). This was the first time in decades that a plaintiff in the Supreme Court had prevailed over a corporation's personal-jurisdiction defense. * Appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court to brief and argue (in March 2019) in support of a judgment left undefended by the Solicitor General -- the first Asian-American to receive such an appointment * In the U.S. Supreme Court term ending in 2017, the firm served as counsel of record in three cases and prevailed in two, successfully obtaining certiorari and reversal for our clients. No boutique firm had more wins, and fewer than a handful of law firms (all large corporate defense firms) surpassed our record.* Lead counsel to a class of all federal bankruptcy judges in the United States, in one of the only certified class actions of federal judges in history. Successfully obtained a ruling that judges have been unlawfully denied approximately $50 million in back pay stemming from violations of the U.S. Constitution’s Compensation Clause. * Argued and won Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman (2017) in the U.S. Supreme Court, a First Amendment challenge to state laws designed to keep consumers in the dark about the cost of credit-card swipe fees.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Teach the Harvard Supreme Court Litigation Clinic; a seminar on forced arbitration and the American civil justice system; and a new reading group on entrepreneurship in public interest law.

Responsible for setting up the Bureau's amicus strategy, legal defense of regulations and programs, and coordination with the Solicitor General's office in Supreme Court matters. Also advised policymakers on various legal issues, including preemption, arbitration, and administrative law.

Responsible for launching a special unit aimed at evaluating and setting enforcement priorities for the new federal consumer watchdog agency.

Washington, Dc, Us

Taught a course on the history, theory, and practice of public interest law

Washington, Dc, Us

Taught an upper-level seminar on appellate advocacy

Washington, Dc, Us

Launched, developed, and led an affirmative program of litigation aimed at enhancing consumer justice and improving access to the civil justice system. In addition to litigation, engaged in public policy advocacy on consumer issues; frequently spoke and lectured on legal and consumer policy issues at professional conferences and law schools; and appeared in the print and broadcast media.

Washington, Dc, Us

Briefed and argued cutting-edge impact cases in trial and appellate courts nationwide. Authored more than 30 Supreme Court briefs and assisted with numerous others. Served as lead counsel in the following representative matters:• Obtained a $7.4 Million settlement for a nationwide class of soldiers and veterans in a case challenging the government’s illegal withholding of veterans’ federal benefits to collect old debts arising out of purchases of military uniforms.• Secured a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that companies cannot take immediate appeals within the federal system from denials of attorney-client privilege claims;• Challenged the constitutionality of foreclosure procedures in two states, resulting in a successful state supreme court decision and return of the client's home in one state and leading to comprehensive legislative reforms in the other (in the Michigan and Maryland supreme courts);• Obtained an injunction against the U.S. Department of Justice in an unreasonable-delay action, resulting in implementation of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System;• Obtained reversal of a decision striking down as unconstitutional the damages provision of a federal consumer statute (in the Eleventh Circuit);• Established the leading appellate precedents rejecting the extension of state sovereign immunity to government contractors (in the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits);

Washington, Dc, Us

Coordinated assistance to lawyers with cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including opposing petitions for certiorari, briefing on the merits, and preparation for oral argument.

Washington, Dc, Us

Drafted judicial opinions on a wide range of legal issues.

J.D., Law

Sanskrit

B.A., Philosophy