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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I'll sponsor you when you your time comes. 
Fortunately, no. I say fortunately because in every case I've had there except two, I represented the winning party in the court below. My briefs were to convince the Court it didn't want to hear the case -- I wanted to keep my win -- and they agreed. In some ways, that's not that impressive -- they hear few cases. But in at least one, I was pretty proud that they said "no" -- there was a fair amount of speculation that they would take it. In one other case, we asked them to reverse and remand for reconsideration without argument, which they did. In the one case where I was on the losing side below, they accepted our petition for cert, but my collegue actually argued at oral argument. (We lost.)
All of this is why I said I had "had cases" at the Court, not "argued," since that to many people implies oral arguments. But I have filed quite a few briefs, so I've argued in that sense. I've been there quite a few times and met a few of the justices. |
Haha...you should watch out, I'll hit you up as one of my sponsors.
And...you're being far too modest. In the grand scheme of things, there aren't that many attorneys that get to brief the Supreme Court, and even fewer that get the Court to take their side (even if it's on a denial of cert). I think that's very cool, and it's a level to which many potential attorneys (including myself) aspire. Heck, I'm just excited that I've gotten to help draft a couple of appellate briefs in my time at law school. As someone who hopes to be an appellate advocate in their career, I'm seriously impressed.
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