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Article: Why me? (First Arguments at the Supreme Court of the United States)
- Article from:
- Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
- Author:
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When I was asked to write about my first Supreme Court argument, I wondered what could possibly be interesting about that subject. Then I realized that there is at least one good question to ask anyone about his or her first Supreme Court argument: Why were you hired? That is, why in the world would anyone entrust their Supreme Court case to someone who had never argued one?
Supreme Court arguments are highly coveted and a number of experienced, outstanding advocates regularly appear before the highest court. The advantages of experience are obvious, and every party who has a case before the Supreme Court has an array of choices among that group of attorneys, ...