| Selected sample of appellate briefs authored
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| Action Gaming, Inc. v. Alliance Gaming Corp., 188 F. App'x. 995 (Fed. Cir. 2006)
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| Brief for Appellees |
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| Alliance Logistics, Inc. v. New Prime, Inc., 614 F.3d 703 (7th Cir. 2010)
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| Appellant's Brief |
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| Appellant's Reply Brief |
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| American Pelagic Fishing Co. v. United States, 379 F.3d 1363 (Fed. Cir. 2004)
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| Brief of Plaintiff-Appellee |
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| Petition for Rehearing |
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| American Pelagic Fishing Co. v. United States, 545 U.S. 1139 (2005) (order)
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| Petition for Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief for the Petitioner |
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| Ameritech Corp. v. Internal Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 21, 543 F.3d 414 (7th Cir. 2008)
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| Reply Brief for Appellant |
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| Appellant's Opening Brief |
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| Andrews v. Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B., 545 F.3d 570 (7th Cir. 2008)
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| Petition for Leave to Appeal Pursuant to Rule 23(f) |
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| Brief for Appellant |
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| Reply Brief for Appellant |
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| Aristocrat Tech. Australia Pty Ltd. v. International Game Tech., 2008 WL 5115754 (U.S. Dec. 8, 2008) (mem.) (order denying cert.)
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| Brief for Appellee |
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. v. International Game Technology, 543 F.3d 657 (Fed. Cir. 2008)
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| Appellee's Brief |
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| Bennett v. Spear, 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Blackshire v. NAACP, 673 N.E.2d. 1059 (Ill. App. Ct. 1996)
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| Brief & Argument |
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| Borst v. Chevron Corp., 514 U.S. 1066 (1995) (order)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Bridas v. Gov't of Turkmenistan, 447 F.3d 411 (5th Cir. 2006)
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| Brief of Appellee |
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| Call v. Ameritech Management Pension Plan, 475 F.3d 816 (7th Cir. 2007)
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| Appellant's opening brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| City of Chicago v. Morales, 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes, 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Covad Communications Co. v. Bell Atlantic Corp., 407 F.3d 1220 (D.C. Cir. 2006)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| District Intown Props. v. District of Columbia, 531 U.S. 812 (2000) (order)
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| Amicus Brief of NAHB |
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| Eastern Enters. v. Apfel, 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Edwards Lifesciences AG v. CoreValve, Inc., 699 F.3d 1305 (Fed. Cir. 2012)
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| Appellants' Opening Brief |
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| EEOC v. Ameritech Servs., Inc., 129 F. App'x. 953 (6th Cir. 2005)
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| Brief of Appellees |
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| Empagran, S.A. v. F. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd., 417 F.3d 1267 (D.C. Cir. 2005)
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| Brief for Appellees |
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| Empagran, S.A., et al, v. F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd, 126 S.Ct. 1043 (2006)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| F. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Ltd. v. Empagran S.A., 542 U.S. 155 (2004)
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| Brief for Appellees |
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| Goldwasser v. Ameritech Corp., 222 F.3d 390 (7th Cir. 2000)
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| Brief for Defendant-Appellee |
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| Grede v. Bank of New York Mellon, No. 10-3787 (7th Cir.) (pending)
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| Appellee Brief |
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| Grede v. The Bank of New York Mellon, 598 F.3d 899 (7th Cir. 2010), pet. for certiorari pending, No. 10-232 (U.S.)
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| Brief for the Appellee |
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| Green Tree Fin. Corp. v. Bazzle, 123 S. Ct. 2402 (2003)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Grumhaus v. Comerica Sec., Inc., 532 U.S. 971 (2001) (order)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| Illinois Bell Tel. Co. v. IBEW, Local 21, 128 S.Ct. 1696 (2008) (mem.) (order)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply in Support of Petition for Certiorari |
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| In re Abbott, No. 12-8037 (7th Cir.) (pending)
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| Answer to 23(f) petition |
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| In re Lockheed Martin Corp., 412 F. App'x 892 (7th Cir. 2011)
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| 23(f) Petition |
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| Reply in Support of 23(f) Petition |
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| Answer to 23(f) Cross-Petition |
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| Intermedia Comm., Inc. v. Bellsouth Telecom., Inc., No. 01-10224-JJ (settled before argument)
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| Brief for Defendant-Appellee |
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| Kong v. Scully, 341 F.3d 1132 (9th Cir. 2003)
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| Brief for Intervenor |
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| Response to Petition for Panel Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc |
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| Leclerc v. Webb, 127 S. Ct. 344 (2006)
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| Petition for Writ of Certiorari |
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| Linde v. Arab Bank plc, 706 F.3d 92 (2d Cir. 2013)
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| Petition for Rehearing en Banc |
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| Linde v. Arab Bank, PLC, 706 F.3d 92 (2d Cir. 2013)
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| Opening Brief |
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| Appellants' Reply Brief |
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| Luckey v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 183 F.3d 730 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1038 (1999)
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| Consolidated Brief of Defendant-Appellee |
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| Matter of Laura D. Blackburne, 7 N.Y.3d 213 (2006)
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| Brief Amicus Curiae of the NAACP in Support of Petitioner |
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| Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012)
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| Petition for a writ of certiorari |
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| Reply brief (cert stage) |
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| Brief for Petitioners |
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| Petitioners' Reply Brief |
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| Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., 130 S. Ct. 3543 (2010)
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| Petition for writ of certiorari |
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| Reply brief for petitioners |
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| McNamara v. City of Chicago, 138 F.3d 1219 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 981 (1998)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Mikolajczyk v. Ford Motor Company., 2008 WL 5263924 (Ill. Dec. 18, 2008)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| National Ass'n of Homebuilders v. Babbitt, 524 U.S. 937 (1998) (order)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| New England Health Care Employees Pension Fund v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 336 F.3d 495 (6th Cir. 2003)
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| Appellee's Brief |
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| Oak Brook Bank v. Northern Trust Co., 256 F.3d 638 (7th Cir. 2001)
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| Brief of Defendant-Appellee |
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| Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, 533 U.S. 606 (2001)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Pottawattamie County, Iowa v. McGhee, 2010 WL 6917 (U.S. Jan. 4, 2010) (Order)
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| Petition for writ of certiorari |
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| Reply brief (cert stage) |
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| Brief for Petitioners |
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| Reply brief (merits stage) |
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| Pronsolino v. Nastri, 539 U.S. 926 (2003) (mem.)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Reply Brief (cert. stage) |
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| Rzepiennik v. Archstone Smith, Inc., 331 Fed. App'x 584 (10th Cir. 2009)
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| Brief for Appellee |
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| Salmeron v. Enterprise Recovery Sys., Inc., 579 F.3d 787 (7th Cir. 2009)
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| Brief for Appellee |
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| Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. Butler, No. 12-1067 (U.S. Sup. Ct.) (pending)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Silvernail v. Ameritech Pension Plan & Ameritech Corporation, 439 F.3d 355 (7th Cir. 2006) (order)
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| Brief for Defendants-Appellees |
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| South Austin Coalition Community Council v. SBC Communications Inc., 274 F.3d 1168 (7th Cir. 2001)
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| Brief for Defendants-Appellees |
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| Southern Cross Overseas Agencies, Inc. v. Wah Kwong Shipping Group, Ltd., 181 F.3d 410 (3d Cir. 1999)
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| Brief of the Appellee |
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| Southview Farm v. Concerned Area Residents for the Env't, 514 U.S. 1082 (1995) (order)
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Spano v. Boeing Co., 633 F.3d 574 (7th Cir. 2011)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Speroni, 525 U.S. 922 (1998) (order)
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| Reply Brief |
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| Petition for a Writ of Certiorari |
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| Stroger v. Regional Transportation Authority, 778 N.E.2d 683 (Ill. 2002)
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| Appellants' Opening Brief |
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| Reply Brief for Appellants |
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| Suitum v. Tahoe Reg'l Planning Agency, 520 U.S. 725 (1997)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Tri-State Coach Lines, Inc. v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, 732 N.E.2d 1137 (Ill. App. Ct. 2000), cert. denied
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| Brief of Appellee & Cross-Appellant |
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| Tri-State Coach Lines, Inc. v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, 532 U.S. 994 (2001)
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| Brief in Opposition |
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| United States v. Deaton, 209 F.3d 331 (4th Cir. 2000)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| Van Winkle v. Owens Corning Fiberglass Corporation, 683 N.E.2d 985 (Ill. App. Ct. 1997)
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| Reply Brief |
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| Verizon v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko LLP, 124 S. Ct. 872 (2004)
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| Amicus Brief (cert. stage) |
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| Amicus Brief (merits stage) |
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| Weisgram v. Marley, Co., 528 U.S. 440 (2000)
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| Amicus Brief |
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| WellPoint, Inc. v. JohnHancock Life Ins. Co., 576 F.3d 643 (7th Cir. 2009)
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| Brief for Appellee |
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| Whirlpool Corporation v. Glazer, ---S. Ct.---, 2013 WL 1285305 (Apr. 1, 2013)
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| Reply Brief for Petitioner |
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| Whitesell Corp. v. Whirlpool Corp., 2012 WL 3631491 (6th Cir. Aug. 23, 2012)
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| Opening Brief |
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| Reply Brief |
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| Windt v. Qwest Communications Int'l, Inc., 129 S. Ct. 904 (2009)
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| Amicus brief of INSOL Europe on behalf of petitioner |
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