Sean Marotta

Named Litigator of the Week by the American Lawyer for successfully representing Citibank in recovering $500 million accidentally wired to contractual counterparties.  

Represent a real-estate developer in the California Court of Appeal challenging a $6-billion-plus jury verdict, the largest in California state history.  

Briefed Holmes v. Winter, an important freedom of the press case holding that a reporter could not be subpoenaed to another state to reveal sources.

Briefed and won an expedited challenge to an EPA final rule relaxing emission standards for a competitor of a major truck manufacturer.

Briefed and won Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court, a major United States Supreme Court personal-jurisdiction case preventing forum shopping.

Led national appellate strategy for a major automotive manufacturer defending its voluntary electric-vehicle distribution program.

Secured vacatur by the D.C. Circuit of burdensome Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration standards imposed on interstate pipelines.

Successfully persuaded a Maryland district court to reconsider its order vacating a biological opinion underlying all oil-and-gas development in the Gulf of Mexico.    

Successfully represented an interstate pipeline before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and secured a favorable court of appeals forum for actions challenging its FERC certificate.