Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is led from Washington DC by Shay Dvoretzky, who has appeared more than 20 times before the U.S. Supreme Court. The group maintains a comprehensive national reach, having argued before every federal court of appeals and various state appellate courts. The team is frequently engaged for disputes involving complex jurisdictional and statutory questions, particularly within the tax, antitrust, and administrative sectors. Dvoretzky recently represented a group of Holocaust survivors in a U.S. Supreme Court case against the Republic of Hungary concerning the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Parker Rider-Longmaid is another key contact whose experience includes arguing before the Supreme Court and multiple federal circuits, alongside managing nationwide appellate strategy and constitutional pro bono matters.
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