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Connor Suozzo is a member of the firm’s Supreme Court & Appellate Litigation and Government & Regulatory Litigation Practice Groups. He focuses on high-stakes appellate matters and has authored dozens of briefs in federal and state courts of appeal. At the trial-court level, he litigates dispositive motions, with a particular emphasis on challenges brought under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Connor’s experience covers a broad range of substantive areas, including constitutional, administrative, patent, tax, and healthcare litigation. In his pro bono practice, Connor has won appeals involving First Amendment claims, qualified immunity, and habeas corpus.
Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Connor worked as a law clerk to the Honorable Raymond Gruender in the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. During law school, he was a member of the Georgetown Appellate Litigation Clinic, an executive board member of the moot court team, and an editor of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy.
Referenzmandate
- Prevailed in an appeal involving the pleading standard for ERISA claims (Ninth Circuit)
- Won reversal of a district court’s invalidation of patent claims in an Abbreviated New Drug Application appeal (Federal Circuit)
- Won an appeal challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman’s authority to act unilaterally under the Department of Energy Organization Act (Sixth Circuit)
- Won an appeal challenging the appointment of a judicial referee under California’s Code of Civil Procedure (California Court of Appeal)
- Won a qualified-immunity appeal on behalf of a victim of excessive force (Ninth Circuit)
- Obtained vacatur of a district court’s sua sponte dismissal of a habeas corpus petition (Eleventh Circuit)
- Obtained a preliminary injunction on behalf of an agricultural trade association, blocking enforcement of a Department of Labor regulation (Southern District of Mississippi)
- Won reversal of a grant of summary judgment on a prisoner’s First Amendment retaliation claim (Seventh Circuit)*
- Won dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction of an employment-discrimination claim brought against an international technology company (Eastern District of North Carolina)*
- Obtained a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of an immigration policy detrimental to asylum seekers (District of Columbia)*
*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.
Auszeichnungen
- District of Columbia Courts, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2023-2025
Qualifikation
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, JD, magna cum laude, 2020
Roberts Wesleyan College, BA, 2014
Admissions
District of Columbia
Courts/Agencies
US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US District Court for the District of Columbia
