Law360 named Perkins Coie Appellate Group Of The Year for its outstanding appellate work.

Perkins Coie LLP’s appellate attorneys were undefeated at the U.S. Supreme Court in the last term and delivered major wins in two voting rights cases, earning the firm a spot as one of Law360’s 2017 Appellate Groups of the Year.

Voting rights litigation has seen exponential growth in the last decade as legislatures have tried to use the redistricting process to achieve political ends, and Perkins Coie has aimed to “grab a larger slice of that pie,” Marc Elias, chair of the firm’s political law practice, told Law360.

“They are significant because they lead to a practical effect on the ground of fairer treatment of African-American voters,” Elias said of the cases. “They’re also significant because they resolved several contentious issues in the area of redistricting. Those cases set out a series of legal tests that made it harder for Republicans to use race in a cynical fashion to achieve a partisan aim.”

Eric Miller, chair of the firm’s appellate practice, told Law360 that the group has grown in proportion to overall growth of the firm and spans virtually all of Perkins Coie’s offices worldwide. Attorneys have also increasingly specialized in appellate work over the years, making it a significant part of their practice, he added. To read the full article, click here.* 

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