Faculty Profile: Doug Hallward-Driemeier

Doug Hallward-Driemeier is a Partner at Ropes & Gray LLP where he leads the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice. He has presented more than 85 appellate arguments, including 17 times before the U.S. Supreme Court, and before every federal circuit court of appeals. Hallward-Driemeier previously handled civil appeals and Supreme Court litigation for the U.S. Department of Justice and was an Assistant to the Solicitor General where he briefed and argued cases on behalf of the United States before the Supreme Court. He also argued before the Supreme Court the landmark marriage equality case Obergefell v. Hodges.