Mr. Douglas Hallward-Driemeier

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier is a partner with Ropes & Gray LLP in Washington, D.C., and leads the firm?s Appellate and Supreme Court practice. He has presented more than 70 appellate arguments,including 16 times before the U.S. Supreme Court and before every federal circuit court of appeals,and he has briefed and argued both civil and criminal matters covering a wide range of subjects and has\nparticular experience in the areas of intellectual property, bankruptcy, the False Claims Act, securities litigation and antitrust. He has also experience litigating issues of concern to companies and foreign governments with international activities, including the Alien Tort Statute, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and forum non conveniens. Mr. Hallward-Driemeier collaborates with colleagues across numerous practice areas. In addition to handling appeals, he works closely with trial court colleagues to present the most compelling dispositive motions and to preserve clients? rights to appeal if necessary. He routinely consults with clients about avenues for challenging administrative actions and advises clients\nabout the constitutionality of legislation affecting their interests. Mr. Hallward-Driemeier rejoined the firm in 2010 after spending more than a decade handling civil appeals and Supreme Court litigation for the U.S. Department of Justice. Between 2004 and 2009, he was an assistant to the Solicitor General, where he briefed and argued cases on behalf of the U.S. before the Supreme Court. Mr. Hallward-Driemeier argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the highly publicized landmark marriage equality case\n(Obergefell v. Hodges) and in a key bankruptcy case regarding whether an order denying confirmation\nof a bankruptcy plan is appealable (Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank). He is admitted to practice before all circuit courts of appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. Mr. Hallward-Driemeier received her B.A. summa cum laude in political science in 1989 from DePauw University, his M.Phil. in politics in 1991 from the University of Oxford, and his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1994, where he was a supervising\neditor of the Harvard Law Review.