For most litigators, a win at the U.S. Supreme Court is a career highlight. And so it was for Mayer Brown partner Michael Kimberly, who in December won a unanimous ruling that revived a lawsuit accusing Maryland officials of partisan gerrymandering.
But Kimberly said that his latest win in the lower court after the justices sent the case back was actually more exciting. The Supreme Court had held that Kimberly’s clients were entitled to have their claims that state redistricting plans violated the First Amendment heard by a three-judge panel. On Aug. 24, that panel said in a 2-1 decision that the case could survive a motion to dismiss brought by the state.
