Paul Clement argued the most times with 30 total arguments. Neal Katyal was second with 21 arguments.
The Court holds oral argument in about 70-80 cases each year. The arguments are an opportunity for the Justices to ask questions directly of the attorneys representing the parties to the case, and for the attorneys to highlight arguments that they view as particularly important.
Supreme Court advocates How many presidents argued before the highest court in the land, either before or after their presidency or both? Most people are surprised to learn that eight lawyer-presidents did so.
Gerald Leonard Spence (born January 8, 1929) is a semi-retired American trial lawyer. He is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame. Spence has never lost a criminal case either as a prosecutor or a defense attorney, and has not lost a civil case since 1969.
Breyer is generally associated with the liberal wing of the Court. San Francisco, California, U.S. After attending Stanford University, Breyer attended the University of Oxford as a Marshall Scholar and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1964.
Pres. Andrew Jackson declined to enforce the Supreme Court's decision, thus allowing states to enact further legislation damaging to the tribes. The U.S. government began forcing the Cherokee off their land in 1838.
J.D. or LL. B. (law degree)SchoolLocationPresident(s)Duke University School of LawDurham, North CarolinaRichard NixonYale Law SchoolNew Haven, ConnecticutGerald Ford Bill ClintonHarvard Law SchoolCambridge, MassachusettsRutherford B. Hayes Barack ObamaSyracuse Law SchoolSyracuse, New YorkJoe Biden1 more row
Former presidents who did receive law degrees include Richard Nixon, a 1937 graduate of the Duke University School of Law, Rutherford B.
Some of the presidents who worked as lawyers but never earned a law degree were:Abraham Lincoln;James Madison;James Monroe;John Adams;Thomas Jefferson.
Four Famous Lawyers in History Every Attorney Should KnowJoe Jamail (aka King of Torts) During his time, Joe Jamail was the richest attorney in the United States and some would argue one of the most famous prosecutors to litigate. ... Abraham Lincoln (aka Honest Abe) ... Clarence Darrow. ... Mary Jo White.
Between 1956, the year he began practicing law, and 1968 he defended 163 clients accused of drunken driving and won every case, establishing one of the longest winning streaks in legal history. In the nearly 40 capital-punishment cases he handled, none of his clients were given the death penalty.
He has argued 44 cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. His cases include successfully striking down the Guantanamo military tribunals, successfully defending the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act, and successfully defending the Peace Cross in Maryland.
While any lawyer in good standing and with at least three years as a member of a state bar can be admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court, odds are that a specialist with years of experience working with the Supreme Court will argue most cases there.
During an argument week, the Justices meet in a private conference, closed even to staff, to discuss the cases and to take a preliminary vote on each case. If the Chief Justice is in the majority on a case decision, he decides who will write the opinion.
Marbury v. Madison strengthened the federal judiciary by establishing for it the power of judicial review, by which the federal courts could declare legislation, as well as executive and administrative actions, inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution (“unconstitutional”) and therefore null and void.
The task of the Office of the Solicitor General is to supervise and conduct government litigation in the United States Supreme Court. Virtually all such litigation is channeled through the Office of the Solicitor General and is actively conducted by the Office.