You want to know what it’s like to launch a Supreme Court practice at a global law firm? 

Then you might check in with Shay Dvoretzky, who is coming up on the 18-month mark of his tenure as the head of the Supreme Court and appellate practice group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C. Dvoretzky, who clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia and has handled 14 oral arguments at the High Court, moved in November 2020 to Skadden from Jones Day, his law firm home of 18 years. Late last week the Litigation Daily caught up with him about the move, making arguments to a court with a handful of new (and new-ish) justices, and to get his thoughts on the recent leak in the Dobbs case. What follows has been edited for length and clarity.