In a string of victories In 2018, Covington & Burling litigators solidified the firm’s reputation as an inside-the-Beltway litigation powerhouse.

Lawyers from Covington were frequently involved in challenges to various Trump administration policies. The firm successfully fought a suit against the Census Bureau over the addition of a citizenship question in the 2020 Census. And the firm won a victory in the Ninth Circuit in a challenge brought by University of California president Janet Napolitano to the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.