Appellate and Supreme Court

Lisa Blatt heads Arnold & Porter LLP's Appellate and Supreme Court practice. She is a veteran Supreme Court advocate, having argued thirty-three cases before the Supreme Court, prevailing in thirty, with two cases pending.

Ms. Blatt has been hailed by The National Law Journal as a "visionary" in the law and one of "the 100 most influential lawyers in America," singled out by Chambers USA as one of the "leading former government officials" in Appellate Law, noted for her "meticulous oral argument preparation and 'great presence before the court,'" and consistently rated as one of The Best Lawyers in America for Appellate Law. In 2011, Washingtonian magazine featured Ms. Blatt as a "Superstar" in its "Best Lawyers in Washington" article and also named her one of the "100 Most Powerful Women in Washington."

She recently has successfully represented clients in cases where the Supreme Court held that:

• Pharmaceutical manufacturers have a First Amendment right to market their drugs to doctors.
• Class action plaintiffs had no private right of action to sue the pharmaceutical industry for alleged erroneous drug pricing.
• Prevailing debt collectors under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act may seek costs against plaintiffs.
• The statute of limitations for veterans to challenge disability benefit denials was not jurisdictional.

The National Law Journal recently noted that Ms. Blatt "is known for a no-nonsense argument style that brings results." She was only one of a handful of advocates in private practice who argued more than one case in the Supreme Court's 2010-11 term. Her oral advocacy has been cited as exemplary in the Supreme Court Clerk's Guide for Counsel in Cases to be Argued Before the Supreme Court.

She is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce National Chamber Litigation Center's Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee, a group that assists the Chamber in selecting appropriate cases for amicus participation in appellate courts, and she is a member of the Advisory Board for Georgetown University Law Center's Supreme Court Institute.

Ms. Blatt teaches Appellate Advocacy and Procedure at Georgetown University Law Center. She also has lectured on the Supreme Court, is quoted regularly in the national press on the Supreme Court, and recently has appeared as a commentator on NBC, MSNBC, and Fox News.

Appellate and Supreme Court Representative Matters

Briefed or argued before the Supreme Court

Healthcare/Pharmaceutical

• Sorrell v. IMS and PhRMA
• Astra USA, Inc. v. County of Santa Clara
• PhRMA v. Walsh
• Fischer v. United States
• Your Home Visiting Nurse Servs., Inc. v. Shalala
• Regions Hospital v. Shalala

Civil Procedure

• Henderson v. Shinseki

Constitutional

• Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
• United States v. Dickerson
• United States v. Flores-Montano
• Texas v. Cobb
• Sell v. United States

Antitrust

• Leegin Creative Leather Products v. PSKS, Inc.
• Hoffmann-La Roche v. Empagran
• Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. II and III
• United States Postal Service v. Flamingo Industries

Bankruptcy

• Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Massachusetts
• Lamie v. United States
• Archer v. Warner

Employment

• Hulteen v. AT&T Corp.
• Ricci v. DeStefano
• Gross v. FBL Financial Services
• Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Echazabal
• Breuer v. Jim's Concrete of Brevard, Inc.
• Crawford v. Nashville & Davidson County
• Edelman v. Lynchburg College
• Thompson v. N. American Stainless

ERISA

• Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Jacobson
• Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord
• Bay Area Laundry Pension Fund v. Ferbar Corp.

Preemption

• Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC
• United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative

National Security

• Tenet v. Doe
• Clinton v. Goldsmith