Supreme Court Roundup: The 2021-22 Term

Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter

Please join the Milwaukee Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society at the Milwaukee Club on October 3, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. for a luncheon event featuring:

  • Paul Clement, Partner, Clement & Murphy PLLC

By any measure, the Supreme Court’s 2021-22 term was historic. In decisions ranging from abortion to gun control to school prayer the Court handed down numerous landmark decisions that will take years to unpack sufficiently. Here to assist our chapter in analyzing these new precedents is Paul Clement, one of the foremost experts on the Court and a frequent advocate there.

Mr. Clement served as the 43rd Solicitor General of the United States from June 2005 until June 2008. Before his confirmation as Solicitor General, he served as Acting Solicitor General for nearly a year and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General for over three years. Mr. Clement has argued over 100 cases before the United States Supreme Court, including McConnell v. FEC, Tennessee v. Lane, United States v. Booker, MGM v. Grokster, Hobby Lobby v. Burwell, Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis, Rucho v. Common Cause, Facebook v. Duguid, and TransUnion v. Ramirez. Mr. Clement has argued more Supreme Court cases since 2000 than any lawyer in or out of government. He has also argued many important cases in the lower courts, including Walker v. Cheney, United States v. Moussaoui and NFL v. Brady. Mr. Clement’s practice focuses on appellate matters, constitutional litigation and strategic counseling. He represents a broad array of clients in the Supreme Court and in federal and state appellate courts.

Following law school, Mr. Clement clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court. After his clerkships, he went on to serve as Chief Counsel of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights. Mr. Clement is a Distinguished Lecturer in Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he has taught in various capacities since 1998. He also serves as a Senior Fellow of the Law Center’s Supreme Court Institute. He is the Justice Joseph Story Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Gray Center at Scalia Law School.

The cutoff for registration is September 29, 2022.

 

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