Law firms that won the most cases at the US Supreme Court this term are identified, with one boutique dominating the pack

A review of the concluded US Supreme Court term found that very few law firms took on three or more cases, with one boutique firm dominating the field of repeat Supreme Court advocates. The analysis, which assessed firms by case count at the highest federal court, reflects a structural shift in appellate practice: specialist Supreme Court boutiques, rather than large full-service firms, are increasingly the dominant force in high-stakes federal litigation. Unlike recent terms, where multiple large firms maintained significant Supreme Court dockets, this term saw a concentration of multiple-case representation in a small number of specialist practices. The Court's docket included significant decisions on presidential removal power over independent agencies, labour law, and other constitutional questions. For UK-trained lawyers, the story is primarily of structural interest: it illustrates how a specialist appellate bar, operating at arm's length from large transactional firms, handles the most consequential US litigation. The UK Supreme Court and Court of Appeal operate on a similar principle, with specialist barristers' chambers rather than solicitor firms typically leading oral argument.