Paul Clement’s had a busy couple of weeks. First, he quit his firm, King & Spalding, after the firm withdrew from defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and refused to go quietly. Then he joined a boutique firm where he could take on the cases he wanted to – like defending Arizona’s controversial immigration law.
I wrote these four stories in my first few weeks as an intern at The American Lawyer. I got a lot of internal praise for these and I think they may have contributed to their decision to hire me on a full-time basis.
The Other Gay Marriage Case: Prop 8 in California may get all of the attention, but a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act brought by lawyers at Foley Hoag, Sullivan & Worcester and Jenner & Block could be the case to watch. By sheer luck, my story about the case (Gill v. Office of Personnel Management) was posted a mere half hour before the decision came down.
Solitary Men: Squire Sanders fights against 23-hour-a-day lockdown for the Angola Three.
A Scene from the Manchurian Candidate: Morrison & Foerster’s Gordon Espalmer represents victims of Cold War era mind-control experiments.
Innocence Beyond All Doubt: Law firms work to reverse the convictions of the “Norfolk Four.”
About Me:
- Former Lawyer.
- Current Journalist/Writer/Editor.
- Author of "Nixon in New York: How Wall Street Helped Richard Nixon Win the White House," published in 2018.
- Husband, father and dog-lover.
- Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Manchester United supporter.
- Chicago via Pittsburgh, New York City and several others.