Danielle Spinelli

Danielle Spinelli is vice-chair of the Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation group at WilmerHale inWashington, D.C. Her practice includes advocacy in the Supreme Court and courts of appeals, and in trial level matters involving complex legal questions, with a particular emphasis on matters involving bankruptcy, administrative law, constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, and federal Indian law.Ms. Spinelli has argued before the Supreme Court four times, in Bank of America v. Caulkett, Clark v.Rameker, United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation and Rothgery v. Gillespie County. She also represented the prevailing parties in Stern v. Marshall, Schwab v. Riley, Hall v. Florida and Roper v. Sim-mons. In addition, she has represented parties or amicii in many other Supreme Court cases, including the bankruptcy cases Wellness Int’l Network Ltd. v. Sharif, Executive Benefits, Inc. v. Arkison, Law v.Siegel, RadLAX Gateway Hotel v. Amalgamated Bank, Marrama v. Citizens Bank, Marshall v. Marshalland Rousey v. Jacoway, and she has successfully briefed and argued many bankruptcy appeals in the courts of appeals. Ms. Spinelli regularly speaks and writes on issues relating to bankruptcy law and Supreme Court and appellate practice. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, and subsequently clerked for Hon. Guido Calabresi on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for JusticeStephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court.