On its corporate website, Morgan-Lewis--an established Philadelphia law firm with offices world wide, announces that its Houston office has just hired Ted Cruz, an ex Supreme Court clerk who recently served as Texas' Solicitor General.
The announcement specifically states that the company wishes to increase its "Supreme Court and national appellate practice." Hiring Cruz is a great was to do it. After graduating Harvard Law he clerked for both Michael Luttig in the Fourth Circuit and William Rehnquist on the Supreme Court. After working on the Bush-Cheney transition team in 2000 as a legal adviser, and as a deputy attorney in the Justice Department he became Texas' Solicitor General and ran up a solid record as a litigant before the Supreme Court:
He has authored more than 70 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and presented 31 oral arguments, including eight in the U.S. Supreme Court. For four consecutive years, Mr. Cruz won the Best Brief Award from the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), for U.S. Supreme Court briefs authored in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. As a litigator, he has amassed a lifetime record in decided cases that he has argued of 23 wins and 4 losses.
Not bad, and not a bad hiring decision for a firm wanting to expand its practice.
