Nicole A. Saharsky
Private practice · Washington, D.C. · Assistant to the Solicitor General, Attorney · argued OT 2010–2024
24arguments since OT 2010
15–9record (side argued for), 63%
40Justice remarks faced per argument (open period; all advocates 47)
66%of those remarks read as doubt by Jev (all advocates 63%)
Arguments by term
Side wonSide lostPending / unclear
Arguments
| Term | Case | Side | Role | Result | Remarks faced | Doubt (Jev) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OT 2024 | Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic | Respondent | Attorney | Lost | 41 | 48% |
| OT 2024 | Cunningham v. Cornell University | Respondent | Attorney | Lost | 39 | 52% |
| OT 2018 | Taggart v. Lorenzen | Respondent | Attorney | Lost | 30 | 58% |
| OT 2016 | BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 6 | 86% |
| OT 2016 | Cty. of Los Angeles v. Mendez | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 18 | 58% |
| OT 2016 | Cooper v. Harris | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 14 | 27% |
| OT 2015 | Mathis v. United States | Respondent | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 27 | 82% |
| OT 2015 | Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle | Amicus (for respondent) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 19 | 70% |
| OT 2015 | Bruce v. Samuels | Respondent | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 32 | 73% |
| OT 2014 | Tibble v. Edison International | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 12 | 31% |
| OT 2014 | Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers Dist. Council Constr. Indus. Pension Fund | Amicus (for respondent) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 14 | 53% |
| OT 2014 | Mach Mining, LLC, v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | Respondent | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 75 | 80% |
| OT 2013 | Kansas v. Cheever | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 14 | 67% |
| OT 2013 | Lawson v. FMR LLC | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 21 | 64% |
| OT 2013 | Petrella v. Metro-goldwyn-mayer, Inc. | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 17 | 94% |
| OT 2012 | Florida v. Joelis Jardines | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 18 | 84% |
| OT 2012 | Missouri v. G. Mcneely | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Lost | 31 | 75% |
| OT 2012 | Jeffrey Lee Chafin v. Lynne Hales Chafin | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 22 | 52% |
| OT 2011 | Albert W. Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Burlington et al. | Amicus (for respondent) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 16 | 88% |
| OT 2011 | Barion Perry v. New Hampshire | Amicus (for respondent) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 13 | 57% |
| OT 2011 | Steve A. Filarsky v. Nicholas B. Delia. | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 14 | 80% |
| OT 2010 | Jason M. Ransom v. Fia Card Services, N.A., Fka Mbna America Bank, N.A. | Amicus (for respondent) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 14 | 53% |
| OT 2010 | Frantz Depierre v. United States | Respondent | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 37 | 68% |
| OT 2010 | Erica P. John Fund, Inc., Fka Archdiocese of Milwaukee Supporting Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co. et al. | Amicus (for petitioner) | Assistant to the Solicitor General | Won | 15 | 81% |
Names, roles and sides from each transcript's list of appearances; results from the Supreme Court Database (did the side argued for win). Remarks faced: Justice turns of five words or more right after this advocate spoke, open period only. Doubt: TypeSafe's Jev reading of those remarks (an experiment, available where our research run covered the case).