Gibson Dunn Helps to Shape the Supreme Court
The National Law Journal reports:
In 2007 and early 2008, Gibson Dunn had four Supreme Court victories and a solid collection of wins in other federal and state appellate courts.
What’s behind the record?
Firepower: [Theodore B.] Olson is a highly regarded Washington insider, whose 40-plus years in practice and solid conservative credentials have given him a deep understanding of the philosophies of the Supreme Court justices — two of whom he helped get appointed to the high court as a Bush administration confidant.
Helping to shape the court and having a deep affinity for its appointees is one way to get insight into the minds of the justices. “We work hard to give the court our best analysis to find the way that at least five justices will agree with our approach to the case,” Olson said. “You can’t win every case, but we try to win as many as we can.”
Another tactic is to look for as yet-unexplored or underdeveloped weaknesses in cases, particularly when seeking to overturn jury verdicts . . .