In March, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison partner Roberta Kaplan made her U.S. Supreme Court debut when she argued on behalf of an octogenarian widow challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. Kaplan joins the ranks of other Am Law lawyers who have made their maiden arguments before the high court on landmark cases. Here are a few notable other examples.
RICHARD NIXON
CASE: Time Inc. v. Hill
DATE OF ARGUMENT: April 27, 1966
(reargued October 1819, 1966)
Then at Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander, the future president represented Hill, the subject of a Life magazine article, and came up short as the court
expanded First Amendment protection for the press.
