It was tempting to recognize Alex Berengaut of Covington & Burling, Ted Olson of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Lindsay Harrison of Jenner & Block as Litigator of the Week runners up for their role in securing a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court held that the Trump administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act when it rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.
But Lit Daily for several years has not considered Supreme Court wins for Litigator of the Week—because if we did, then we’d just constantly pick Supreme Court cases. We figure SCOTUS advocates get plenty of recognition as-is, and that we’d focus instead on lower court cases—Lit Daily’s bread-and-butter.
