Draft:Lincoln-Marshall Society

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The Lincoln-Marshall Society is an informal support and advocacy group for one-time losing advocates in the United States Supreme Court. The society is named after Abraham Lincoln and John Marshall. Lincoln, who went on to become President, argued one case before the Supreme Court and lost it. Marshall, who went on to become Chief Justice, also argued one case before the Supreme Court and lost it.

Membership Criteria

The society afford full membership to advocates who have appear before the Supreme Court once and lost the case. Advocates who win their first case never qualify for membership. Once a member argues a second case before the Supreme Court, their membership is automatically terminated, regardless of whether they win or lose the second case.

Members

OT 2022 Inductees

James R. Barney, Washington, D.C.

Esha Bhandari, New York, N.Y.

James A. Campbell, Solicitor General, Lincoln, Neb.

J. Michael Connolly, Arlington, Va.

Bennett E. Cooper, Phoenix, Ariz.

Darin M. Dalmat, Seattle, Wash.

David G. Hinojosa, Washington, D.C.

Joseph A. Kanefield, Phoenix, Ariz.

Edmund G. LaCour Jr., Solicitor General, Montgomery, Ala. (membership terminated OT 2023)

Daniel B. Levin, Los Angeles, Cal.

Vincent Levy, New York, N.Y.

Judith N. Vale, Deputy Solicitor General, New York, N.Y.

Smir Deger-Sen, New York, N.Y.

Hassan A. Zavareei, Washington, D.C.

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