Paul D. Clement

Private practice · Alexandria, Virginia · Attorney · argued OT 2010–2026

76arguments since OT 2010

45–24record (side argued for), 65%

39Justice 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 2026	Salazar v. Paramount Global	Respondent	Attorney	–	57	–
OT 2025	Trump, President of the United States v. Cook	Respondent	Attorney	Won	76	52%
OT 2025	Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. et al.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	45	58%
OT 2025	Chevron U.S.A. Inc. et al. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana et al.	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	27	57%
OT 2025	Bost et al. v. Illinois State Board of Elections et al.	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	60	61%
OT 2025	FS Credit Opportunities Corp. et al. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd. et al.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	43	49%
OT 2025	Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment et al.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	48	66%
OT 2025	Watson, Secretary of State of Mississippi v. Republican National Committee et al.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	62	78%
OT 2025	Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC et al.	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	55	41%
OT 2025	Monsanto Company v. Durnell	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	34	62%
OT 2024	Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers' Research	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	46	35%
OT 2024	Seven County Infastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	39	50%
OT 2024	Glossip v. Oklahoma	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	55	39%
OT 2023	No. 22-555	Petitioner	Attorney	–	35	–
OT 2023	Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	37	63%
OT 2023	Moody v. Netchoice, LLC	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	81	57%
OT 2022	Helix Energy Solutions Group v. Hewitt	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	73	64%
OT 2022	Axon Enterprise v. Federal Trade Commission	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	39	50%
OT 2022	Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi	Respondent	Attorney	Won	31	24%
OT 2021	Kennedy v. Bremerton School District	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	63	60%
OT 2021	Morgan v. Sundance, Inc.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	41	72%
OT 2021	New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	58	52%
OT 2021	Viking River Cruises v. Moriana	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	41	71%
OT 2020	Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	26	61%
OT 2020	Transunion LLC v. Ramirez	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	42	43%
OT 2020	Facebook Inc. v. Duguid	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	22	48%
OT 2020	Penneast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	26	66%
OT 2019	Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	Amicus (for respondent)	Attorney	Lost	36	78%
OT 2019	Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	17	33%
OT 2019	No. 18-280	Petitioner	Attorney	–	29	–
OT 2019	U.S. Forest Service v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	23	54%
OT 2019	No. 18-1165	Petitioner	Attorney	–	24	–
OT 2019	Maine Community Health Options v. United States	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	23	76%
OT 2018	Rucho v. Common Cause	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	46	79%
OT 2018	Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	29	68%
OT 2018	Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-hill	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	25	67%
OT 2018	Rimini Street Inc. v. Oracle USA Inc.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	24	72%
OT 2017	Merit Management Group, LP v. Fti Consulting, Inc	Respondent	Attorney	Won	24	48%
OT 2017	Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC	Respondent	Attorney	Won	37	74%
OT 2017	Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	32	91%
OT 2017	Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	28	82%
OT 2017	Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	29	71%
OT 2017	Westerngeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp.	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	17	79%
OT 2016	Cal Public Employees' Retirement Sys. v. Anz Securities	Respondent	Attorney	Won	34	77%
OT 2016	Bethune-hill v. Va Bd. of Elections	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	15	69%
OT 2016	Cooper v. Harris	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	24	77%
OT 2015	Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	27	76%
OT 2015	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Association	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	37	61%
OT 2015	Hughes v. PPL Energyplus	Respondent	Attorney	Won	24	–
OT 2015	Zubik v. Burwell	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	30	78%
OT 2015	Nebraska v. Parker	Respondent	Attorney	Won	33	–
OT 2015	California Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	41	79%
OT 2014	Kingsley v. Hendrickson	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	22	87%
OT 2014	Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	27	79%
OT 2014	Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	46	81%
OT 2013	American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	31	67%
OT 2013	Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores	–	Attorney	–	59	89%
OT 2013	Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	29	65%
OT 2013	Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	24	81%
OT 2013	Bond v. United States	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	34	72%
OT 2012	PPL Corporation and Subsidiaries v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	47	74%
OT 2012	Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	12	62%
OT 2012	Sekhar v. United States	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	40	71%
OT 2012	United States v. Windsor	Respondent	Attorney	Won	58	84%
OT 2012	Edward F. Maracich et al. v. Michael Eugene Spears et al.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	63	61%
OT 2012	American Express Company et al. v. Italian Colors Restaurant et al.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	32	82%
OT 2011	Rick Perry, Governor of Texas et al., Appellants v. Shannon Perez et al.	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	37	63%
OT 2011	No. 11-400	Petitioner	Attorney	–	81	–
OT 2011	No. 11-398	Respondent	Attorney	–	35	–
OT 2011	National Federation of Independent Business et al. v. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services et al.	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	36	81%
OT 2011	Michael Shane Christopher et al. v. Smithkline Beecham Corporation Dba Glaxosmithkline	Respondent	Attorney	Won	56	63%
OT 2011	Arizona et al. v. United States	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	52	67%
OT 2011	Christine Armour et al. v. City of Indianapolis, Indiana et al.	Respondent	Attorney	Won	61	79%
OT 2011	Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP et al. v. Luisa L. Valladolid et al.	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	41	81%
OT 2011	PPL Montana, LLC v. Montana	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	26	57%
OT 2010	Carol Anne Bond v. United States	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	20	–

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).