Our runner-ups this week are repeat players: Two firms whose trial court work we previously highlighted got those wins to stand up on appeal.

A pro bono team from Latham & Watkins got their bench trial win in a voting rights case from earlier in the year affirmed by the Second Circuit on Wednesday. The team previously convinced U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel that the East Ramapo Central School District’s at-large method of electing school board members violated the Voting Rights Act by denying black and Latino citizens in the district an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. The Latham team included associate Charles Dameron, who argued the appeal, partner Andrew Clubok, and associates Corey Calabrese and Russ Mangas.

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