Plenty of litigators like to boast they’ve got a “nationwide” practice. But for Dale Cendali of Kirkland & Ellis, proving up nationwide bona fides is as easy as pointing to one date on the calendar.

On Tuesday, Feb. 27, Cendali was on the winning side of two federal appeals court decisions in blockbuster copyright cases on either side of the country—rulings that came down a little more than an hour apart.