Which federal circuit has sent only one clerk to SCOTUS? See Law.com's Short Shrift? Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Mostly Skips This Appeals Court -- Since its creation in 1982, the Federal Circuit has sent just one of its former clerks on to the Supreme Court. It took an extraordinary resume and years of effort to break the mold. A personal connection to the justice didn’t hurt either.
Ruthanne Deutsch didn’t plan on being a lawyer. In the early 2000s, she was living the life of a busy international development economist at the Inter-American Development Bank, traveling abroad regularly and negotiating with foreign governments.
The DJ's Top 100 Lawyers 2026 insert is out and it includes many of the usual appellate suspects: Ted Boutrous, Theane Evangelis, Mira Hashmall, Peter Stris, and John Taylor.