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Michael A. Scodro

Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Michael A. Scodro is co-chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate Practice at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago. Michael previously served as the Illinois Solicitor General, overseeing the civil and criminal appeals divisions in the state Attorney General’s Office and advising the Attorney General on significant litigation. An experienced appellate lawyer, Michael has argued dozens of cases in federal and state supreme and appellate courts, including three in the U.S. Supreme Court. He teaches courses on the Supreme Court and the role and practice of state attorneys general as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. After graduating from Yale Law School, Michael served as a law clerk to the Honorable José A. Cabranes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Michael is an elected member of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and the American Law Institute, and was appointed to the American Bar Foundation. He is past chair of the ABA’s Council of Appellate Lawyers, past president of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association, past chair of the Illinois Supreme Court’s Committee on Professional Responsibility, and past president of Illinois’ Appellate Lawyers Association.

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