Selected sample of appellate briefs authored

Agency for International Development, et al. v. Alliance for Open Society, Inc., et al., No. 12 10 (U.S. Sup. Ct.) (pending)

Brief of the Becket Fund For Religious Liberty and the Christian Legal Society as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents

Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co., 556 U.S. 868 (2009)

Brief for Respondents

Davenport v. Washington Education Association, 551 U.S. 177 (2007)

Amicus brief

Empress Casino Joliet Corp. v. Giannoulias, 129 S. Ct. 2764 (2009) (Mem.)

Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

Greenwell v. Parsley, 130 S. Ct. 64 (2009) (Mem.)

Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

Reply Brief for Petitioner (cert stage)

Herrera v. Or., 131 S. Ct. 904 (2011) (Mem.)

Petition for Certiorari

Reply Brief (cert. stage)

In re Episcopal Church Cases, 67 Cal. Rptr. 3d 170 (Ct. App./App. Dep't Super. Ct. 2007)

Amicus brief on behalf of Presbyterian Lay Committee

Ingram v. Jones and Rush v. Frank, 507 F.3d 640 (11th Cir. 2007)

Brief of Petitioners-Appellants

Reply Brief

Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley, 664 F.3d 865 (11th Cir. 2011)

Amicus Brief

Local Search Ass'n v. City and County of San Francisco, 475 F. App'x 247 (9th Cir. 2012)

Appellant's Opening Brief

Appellant's Reply Brief

Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012)

Petition for a writ of certiorari

Reply brief (cert stage)

Brief for Petitioners

Petitioners' Reply Brief

Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 130 S. Ct. 3543 (2010)

Petition for writ of certiorari

Reply brief for petitioners

Oey v. The Freecycle Network, Inc., 505 F.3d 898 (9th Cir. 2007)

Brief for the Appellants

Reply Brief

Schwarzenegger v. Entm't Merchants Ass'n, 131 S. Ct. 2729 (2011)

Amicus Brief in Support of Respondents (merits stage)

State v. Drahota, 280 Neb. 627 (2010)

Petition for Further Review

Appellant's Brief

Synder v. Phelps, 131 S. Ct. 1207 (2011)

Amicus Brief

United States v. Stevens, 130 S. Ct. 1577 (2010)

amicus brief