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New York
Phone 212.506.2585
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Philip A. Lacovara, Senior Counsel Philip Lacovara spent two tours in the Solicitor General's office, first as assistant to Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall and then as Deputy Solicitor General under Erwin Griswold. He left the office to become Counsel to the Watergate Special Prosecutor, Archibald Cox, and while serving in that capacity argued the Nixon Tapes Case before the Supreme Court. He has argued 17 Supreme Court cases in government service and in private practice, in addition to many other cases in the federal circuits and state appellate courts. He has served as President of the District of Columbia Bar, as Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, and for a number of years as Chair of the ABA Special Committee on Amicus Curiae Briefs. He also has served as co-chair of the ABA National Institute on Appellate Advocacy. For 14 years Philip was the managing partner in charge of the Washington office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. He later served as Vice President and Senior Counsel for Litigation and Legal Policy at General Electric Company and then as Managing Director and General Counsel of Morgan Stanley & Co., before joining Mayer, Brown. Philip is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Association of Appellate Lawyers, and the American College of Trial Lawyers. Philip is a summa cum laude graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was first in his class for each of three years. He clerked for Judge Harold Leventhal of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Recent Supreme Court Cases
Grimmett, Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Siragusa v. Brown (1997) Admissions and Certifications
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