July 2, 2025 | 1 - 2 pm

Recorded Briefing—The U.S. Supreme Court: October Term 2024 Review

Panelists:

Morgan L. Ratner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Christopher G. Michel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Jessica L. Ellsworth, Hogan Lovells

About:

Our panel of appellate experts and SCOTUS big thinkers will review 2024-25 decisions that impact free enterprise and economic liberties, offer insights and identify trends from the Term, and asses the larger implications of the Court’s increased reliance on the emergency docket. 

Panelists

Christopher G. Michel
  • Chris is a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP where he serves as co-Chair of the National Appellate Practice . His practice focuses on complex legal issues at all stages of litigation, with a particular emphasis on appellate and Supreme Court matters along with high-stakes trial briefing and argument. He has argued 11 cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. Chris worked previously in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and for D.C. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh.

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Jessica L. Ellsworth
  • Jess is a partner with Hogan Lovells LLP practicing in the firm's Washington, DC office. Having argued more than 60 appeals, she focuses her practice on the Supreme Court and courts of appeals. Jess served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Martha Craig Daughtrey of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the Honorable Rebecca Beach Smith of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She is a counsel for the Petitioner in "Coinbase v. Bielski," a case in which the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in its current term.

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Morgan L. Ratner
  • Morgan is a member of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Supreme Court and Appellate Practice. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Ratner served in the Office of the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice. During her tenure there, she argued eight Supreme Court cases involving areas of federal law such as securities regulation, bankruptcy, employment, intellectual property, criminal law, and elections law. Morgan clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

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