Paul M. Smith, senior vice president at the Campaign Legal Center, has argued 21 U.S. Supreme Court cases. And before joining the nonprofit ethics and voter rights organization, he chaired Jenner & Block’s appellate and Supreme Court practice. Besides Lawrence v. Texas, Smith argued Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, which established First Amendment rights of those who produce and sell video games, and various voting rights cases, including the gerrymandering cases Vieth v. Jubelirer and Gill v. Whitford
Winning a 2003 landmark U.S. Supreme Court case expanded a gay lawyer's Supreme Court practice, he says, and looking back, it's his favorite case
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