Lisa S. Blatt
Firm Name
Practice Type
- Civil
- Criminal
Primary Circuit
DC Circuit
Full Address
680 Maine Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20024
Firm Size
800
Appellate Section Size
27
U.S. Supreme Court
Yes
Circuit Admitted To Practice
D.C.
Website
Phone
(202) 434-5050
Degrees
- JD, summa cum laude, University of Texas School of Law, 1989;
- BA, summa cum laude, University of Texas at Austin, 1986
Practice Focus
- Lisa Blatt heads Williams & Connolly LLP's Appellate and Supreme Court practice. She is a veteran Supreme Court advocate, having argued 42 cases before the Supreme Court, prevailing in 37.
- She recently has successfully represented clients in cases where the Supreme Court held that:
- Pharmaceutical manufacturers have a First Amendment right to market their drugs to doctors.
- Class action plaintiffs had no private right of action to sue the pharmaceutical industry for alleged erroneous drug pricing.
- Prevailing debt collectors under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act may seek costs against plaintiffs.
- The statute of limitations for veterans to challenge disability benefit denials was not jurisdictional.