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Paper chaser: how a young, self-employed lawyer became the best Supreme Court litigator in Washington. (10 Miles Square) Tony Mauro.
Washington Monthly
July-August 2004 v36 i7-8 p8(4) (1683 words)
Instructions: Locate this article by visiting
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and entering "best Supreme Court litigator" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.
1. What are the typical gender, racial, and experience characteristics of lawyers who argue cases before the Supreme Court?
2. What are such case arguments like? How long do they last? What do the Supreme Court justices do?
3. What are split litigations, and how did Goldstein build his career on them?
4. How has Goldstein changed the way in which law firms try to get Supreme Court cases?
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