Success in appellate litigation often can be measured in dollars and cents or societal impact, or both. Ropes & Gray’s appellate team captured both — scoring a U.S. Supreme Court landmark on same-sex marriage and protecting $8.3 billion in pension-fund payouts.
Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, who leads the firm’s appellate and Supreme Court practice, successfully argued in April 2015 one of the two key questions before the high court in Obergefell v. Hodges, the same-sex marriage challenge. Then, in that same month, he argued, and subsequently won unanimously, Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank, an important bankruptcy case.
