Pratik A. Shah

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Pratik A. Shah is an American lawyer and current[ when? ] co-head of Akin Gump's Supreme Court and Appellate Practice. A graduate of Princeton University with highest honors in chemical engineering, [1] and University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Boalt Hall (class of 2001), Shah clerked for Judge William A. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2003 Term. [2] Before joining Akin Gump, Shah argued 13 cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as an assistant to the Solicitor General, including United States v. Windsor , which made it unconstitutional to withhold federal recognition of same-sex marriages performed in states where it is legal. [3]

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  1. ↑ Fairsmith, Christine (August 28, 2013). "Pratik Shah '98 joins Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld". Princeton University. Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Science. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pratik A. Shah". Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP. Akin Gump LLP. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Ho, Catherine. "Supreme Court veteran finds way at Akin Gump". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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