Abhishek Kambli

Partner, Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky & Josefiak PLLC

Topics:	Affirmative Action • Article I Initiative • Constitution • Criminal Law & Procedure • Culture • Due Process • Election Law • Federal Courts • Federalism • Federalist Society • First Amendment • Foreign Policy • Founding Era & History • Fourteenth Amendment • Fourth Amendment • Jurisprudence • Law & Economics • Litigation • Philosophy • Politics • Religious Liberty • Second Amendment • Separation of Powers • State Governments • Supreme Court • Federalism & Separation of Powers • International & National Security Law • Religious Liberties • Originally Speaking • The Practice Groups • State Constitutions

Topics:

Affirmative Action • Article I Initiative • Constitution • Criminal Law & Procedure • Culture • Due Process • Election Law • Federal Courts • Federalism • Federalist Society • First Amendment • Foreign Policy • Founding Era & History • Fourteenth Amendment • Fourth Amendment • Jurisprudence • Law & Economics • Litigation • Philosophy • Politics • Religious Liberty • Second Amendment • Separation of Powers • State Governments • Supreme Court • Federalism & Separation of Powers • International & National Security Law • Religious Liberties • Originally Speaking • The Practice Groups • State Constitutions

Abhishek (Abhi) Kambli is a partner at Holtzman Vogel who represents clients in high-stakes appellate and complex litigation, constitutional challenges, and matters involving state attorneys general and federal agencies. He is one of a handful of lawyers nationally who has both led federal litigation from inside the Department of Justice and multi-state coalition work from a State Attorney General’s office—giving clients a 360-degree perspective on government enforcement, regulatory challenges, and constitutional advocacy.

Prior to joining Holtzman Vogel, Abhi served as Deputy Associate Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice, where he acted as lead counsel in high-priority matters for the Trump Administration, oversaw the Department’s civil components on behalf of the Associate Attorney General, advised the White House Counsel’s Office and federal agencies on litigation risk and strategy, and developed the Department’s national affirmative civil litigation strategy.

Earlier, he served as Deputy Attorney General and Division Chief of the Special Litigation and Constitutional Issues Division at the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, where he launched the division and led multi-state coalitions in trial and appellate courts nationwide, including the United States Supreme Court. He began his career as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Indiana, prosecuting more than 100 federal cases from investigation through appeal.

Abhi is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, having served on active duty and in the reserves since 2013. His military service includes criminal trials as both prosecutor and defense attorney, appellate representation before the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and representation of a high-profile detainee before the Military Commissions at Guantánamo Bay.

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