Kathleen Sullivan (lawyer)

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Kathleen Sullivan
11th
Dean of Stanford Law School
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byPaul Brest
Succeeded byLarry Kramer
Personal details
Born (1955-08-20) August 20, 1955 (age 68)
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, U.S.
EducationCornell University (BA)
Wadham College, Oxford (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Kathleen Marie Sullivan (born August 20, 1955) is an American lawyer and name partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, a global, litigation-only law firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Based in the firm's New York City office, Sullivan chairs its national appellate practice group. She is the first and only female name partner at an Am Law 100 law firm.[1] Previously, Sullivan served as dean of Stanford Law School, where she was the Stanley Morrison Professor of Law.[2]

Early life and education

Born in

Marshall Scholar at Wadham College, Oxford, and graduated in 1978 with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics
.

Sullivan returned to the United States to attend

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[5] Following her clerkship, Sullivan elected against joining a large law firm, and instead returned to Cambridge, Massachusetts, as a litigation associate in Tribe's private appellate practice.[4]

Career

Although several major law schools offered her positions, Sullivan accepted an assistant professorship at Harvard in 1984, and was promoted to professor of law in 1989.

New York University Law School assistant dean and legal scholar Larry Kramer to succeed her as Dean, as well as serve as Richard E. Lang Professor at the Law School.[10]

Sullivan specializes in constitutional law and co-edited a leading casebook with the late Stanford Law professor Gerald Gunther,[11] Constitutional Law, through its 17th edition. She has co-edited the 18th and 19th editions with Noah Feldman.[12] From 2000 to 2007, Sullivan was the sixth most-cited constitutional law scholar,[13] and the most-cited female legal scholar between 2005 and 2009.[14] She is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[6] and a member of the American Philosophical Society.[15]

Appellate advocate

While Stanford's Dean, Sullivan maintained a pro bono constitutional law practice. In 2005, she joined Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges (now Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan), where she helped to found and build the firm's nascent appellate practice.

gay rights case Bowers v. Hardwick.[18]

In both 2006 and 2013, The National Law Journal recognized Sullivan as one of America's 100 most influential lawyers.[19][20]

In late 2016, Sullivan argued on behalf of Samsung Electronics in Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. in front of the Supreme Court and it ruled in favor of Samsung to reverse the decision and remanded it to Federal Circuit court to define the appropriate legal standard to define "article of manufacture".[21]

Personal life

Sullivan, a member of the New York bar since 1982 and the Massachusetts bar since 1988, failed the July 2005 California bar exam, which The Wall Street Journal viewed as illustrating preexisting criticisms about the way the test is administered and graded.[22] She retook the exam in February 2006 and passed.[23]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Outstanding Women Lawyers". The National Law Journal. May 4, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
  2. ^ "Sullivan Named Partner at Quinn Emanuel". Stanford Lawyer. May 20, 2010. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Nancy Waring (Summer 1999). "Congratulations Dean Sullivan". Harvard Law Bulletin.
  4. ^ a b c d e Harper, Timothy (October 2014). "Appealing Appellate". superlawyers.com. Super Lawyers. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  5. ^ "Stanford Law School Dean Kathleen M. Sullivan announces decision to complete deanship at close of five-year term; will direct new Stanford constitutional law center: 10/03". News-service.stanford.edu. 2004-09-01. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  6. ^ a b c "Kathleen M. Sullivan | Biography" Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. 6 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b Dethlefsen, Ann (October 22, 2003). "Kathleen Sullivan to step down as dean of Law School". Stanford Report. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  8. ^ a b Dolan, Maura (April 5, 1999). "The New Sage of Stanford". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  9. ^ Kalia, Jaishree (July 22, 2014). "Women in law: Quinn Emanuel's name partner Kathleen Sullivan and London MP Sue Prevezer QC talk diversity". Legal Business. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
  10. ^ "NYU professor to succeed Sullivan as dean of Law School - Stanford News Release". 12 May 2004.
  11. ^ "Official Biography of Kathleen M. Sullivan". Stanford Law School.
  12. ISBN 978-1634594479
    .
  13. ^ Leiter, Brian (December 18, 2007). "Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty, 2000–2007". Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  14. ^ Leiter, Brian. "Top 25 Law Faculties In Scholarly Impact, 2005–2009". Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  15. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  16. ^ Supreme Court Report
  17. ^ "Superfund". Eenews.net. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  18. ^ "Supreme Court Report". Caselaw.lp.findlaw.com. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  19. ^ "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America". The National Law Journal. March 22, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  20. ^ "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America". The National Law Journal. June 19, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  21. ^ Mann, Ronald (6 December 2016). "Opinion analysis: Justices tread narrow path in rejecting $400 million award for Samsung's infringement of Apple's cellphone design patents". SCOTUS Blog. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  22. ^ Bandler, James (6 December 2005). "Raising the Bar: Even Top Lawyers Fail the Exam". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  23. ^ The State Bar of California. "State Bar of California: Kathleen M. Sullivan". Members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2013-12-05.

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Preceded by Dean of Stanford Law School
1999–2004 		Succeeded by
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