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How to Build a Top Supreme Court Practice: Does it take a village or a superstar? Or is there more than one way to skin a cat?

On one hand is Jones Day, where five different lawyers argued a total of six cases last term, the most by any one firm. Washington, D.C., partner Glen Nager, who heads the firm's issues and appeals practice, takes pride in the fact that the Supreme Court work was spread around; Nager, in fact, argued only one case...

And then there is Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, which argued five cases last term. Or to put it more simply, Seth Waxman argued five cases. The former solicitor general is now co-chair of Wilmer's appellate and Supreme Court litigation group.