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#019: Kannon Shanmugam - Supreme Court Advocate
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Kannon Shanmugam [00:00:00]:
actually think you have to get into a mindset where you welcome the hard questions. And that's kind of how I approach every oral argument is to kind of have the mental attitude of bringing on because I think the key to being a persuasive advocate is to recognize that there are hard questions for your side, but to embrace them and to come up with the very best reasons why you should win despite those hard questions.
Jonah Perlin [00:00:23]:
Welcome to How I Lawyer, a podcast where I talk to a turn from throughout the profession about what they do, why they do it, and how they do it well. I'm your host, Jonah Perlin, a law professor in Washington DC, Now let's get started. Hello, and welcome back. I'm so excited to welcome Kannon Shannewegam to the How Eyelayer podcast. Kannon is an accomplished appellate advocate who's argued more than 30 cases before the United States Supreme Court. Kannon is a partner at Paul Weiss in Washington DC, where he's the chair of th
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Kannon Shanmugam
American attorney
Kannon Kumar Shanmugam (born November 15, 1972) is an American lawyer known for his litigation at the U.S. Supreme Court.[1] He is a partner at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and is co-chair of the firm's litigation department, chair of the firm's Washington, D.C. office, and chair of its Supreme Court and appellate practice group.[2] Shanmugam was mentioned as a possible Solicitor General or judicial nominee in the 2017–2021 Donald Trump administration.[3]
Shanmugam joined Paul, Weiss in 2019 in a highly publicized move from Williams & Connolly, where he was head of the firm's Supreme Court and appellate practice.[4] He previously served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States. Before joining the Solicitor General's office, he was an associate at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis.
Early life and education
Shanmugam was born on November 15, 1972, in Lawrence, Kansas. Both his parents had immigrated to the United States from India i
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Biography
Kannon Shanmugam is a partner at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He is chair of the firm’s Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice, chair of the Washington office, and co-chair of the litigation department. Kannon is widely recognized as one of the nation’s top appellate litigators. Kannon has argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court, including 29 cases in private practice. He has also argued over 100 appeals in courts across the country, including arguments in all thirteen federal courts of appeals and in numerous state courts. Prior to private practice, Kannon served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He also served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and to Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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