NLJ Appellate Hot List

Last week the National Law Journal published its Appellate Hot List insert, featuring 20 firms "doing killer appellate work."
The usual East Coast suspects were profiled: e.g., Sidley Austin (Carter Phillilps); Wilmer Cutler (Seth Waxman); Bancroft (Paul Clement); Hogan Lovells (Neal Katyal); Kellog Huber (David Frederick); Latham & Watkins (Maureen Mahoney, Greg Garre); Mayer Brown; Jenner & Block; Covington & Burling; Fish & Richardson.

California: Land of Natural Wonders... and great appellate practices!

But California and firms with strong Golden State offices were noted too: Gibson Dunn (the Teds); Quinn Emanuel (Kathleen Sullivan); Jones Day; Akin Gump; Arnold & Porter; DLA Piper; O'Melveny & Myers; Kirkland & Ellis (Chris Landau), which cited to a win for actor Don Johnson in the Second District; and Paul Hastings (Paul Cane) also citing a California appellate win.
Also receiving a nice spread was SoCal appellate boutique Greines Martin (quoting Robin Meadow and Kent Richland).