Few lawyers — including the nine lawyers who wear robes to work — know the Supreme Court’s docket as well as Roy Englert Jr.

Englert has argued 18 cases before the justices, first during a stint at the solicitor general’s office and then at Mayer Brown before breaking off with others from that venerable firm in 2001 to create Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber in D.C. More than once, he has been called into a case for argument at the eleventh hour, pulling it off with a low-key style that exudes confidence, a no-nonsense, non-ideological approach to the case. He’ll argue his 19th in November.