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Timothy S. Bishop

Chicago

Phone 312.701.3432
Fax 312.706.8757

Practice Areas
Appellate

Timothy S. Bishop, Partner

Tim Bishop has argued four cases before the Supreme Court of the United States (including, notably, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). He has briefed more than 50 cases in that Court, and has briefed and argued many cases in federal and state courts of appeals and trial courts. Tim has extensive experience litigating cases in the areas of environmental law (in which he is top-ranked nationally in Chambers USA's Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers), as well as antitrust, labor, ERISA, and employment law, and takings and other constitutional issues. He has also litigated important securities fraud cases in the trial and appellate courts on behalf of underwriters, broker-dealers and securities issuers, with a focus on dispositive motions, including class certification. Before coming to Mayer, Brown, Tim worked at the American Civil Liberties Union in Chicago. With Ken Geller and Steve Shapiro, he is co-authoring the Ninth Edition of Supreme Court Practice.

Tim is a magna cum laude graduate of Northwestern University School of Law where he was Articles & Symposium Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review and a Wigmore Scholar. He received undergraduate and graduate law degrees from Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, in England, with first class honors. After law school, Tim clerked for Judge James Oakes in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice William Brennan in the United States Supreme Court.

Recent Supreme Court Cases

South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe (2004)
Borden Ranch v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (2002)
Solid Waste Agency v. Army Corps of Engineers (2000)
Public Lands Council v. Babbitt (2000)
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Admissions and Certifications

Education

  • Oxford University, England, Corpus Christi College, B.A. in Law with First Class Honors, 1979; M.A., 1983; Diploma in Law, 1986
  • Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1985, magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; John Henry Wigmore Scholar; Articles Editor, Northwestern University Law Review.