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Appears in 8 stories · Last updated Nov 2, 2026
Counsel for a broad coalition challenging the fee in a separate case
Two federal judges have blocked the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions. A Boston judge ruled in June that the fee is an unlawful tax Congress never authorized, and a California judge ruled Sept. 30 that the administration skipped required rulemaking.
Updated Nov 2
Represents the cities and Centro Legal in the intervention fight
The Supreme Court on October 27 refused, without comment or noted dissent, to revive a 2024 regulation that let immigration judges pause deportation cases. That leaves in place a June 2026 agreement between Texas and the Justice Department that threw the rule out.
Updated Oct 29
Obtained contract documents via FOIA
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a five-year, $125 million data analytics contract with Thomson Reuters Special Services on September 17. At signing the agreement showed $0.00 obligated; by October 9, federal spending records cited by the HAIA Foundation listed four orders signed September 29 worth about $7.2 million.
Updated Oct 21
As of June 2026: Lead counsel in the Virginia case
The Trump administration dropped its $1.8 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund on June 1, less than two weeks after creating it. Three forces killed it: a court freeze in Alexandria, a Senate Republican revolt that stalled the reconciliation bill, and a meeting between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Trump. No claims were ever paid.
Updated Jun 2
As of May 2026: Representing plaintiffs in Widakuswara v. Lake
Voice of America broadcast continuously for more than 80 years through the Cold War, the Berlin Wall's fall, and two Iraq wars. In March 2025, the Trump administration placed virtually its entire workforce on leave, froze its website, and defunded every U.S.-backed international broadcaster, shutting down VOA for the first time in its history. One year later, Judge Royce Lamberth, a Ronald Reagan appointee, ordered 1,042 employees reinstated and broadcasting restored by March 23. He ruled that the administration had "provided nothing approaching a principled basis" for the shutdown and that the official who carried it out, Kari Lake, was never lawfully appointed.
Updated May 30
As of May 2026: Co-counsel in J.G.G. v. Trump
The Alien Enemies Act has been invoked only four times in American history—during the War of 1812, World War I, World War II, and now. In March 2025, President Trump became the first president to use the 1798 wartime statute outside of a declared war. He targeted alleged members of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang and sent 137 men to El Salvador's maximum-security CECOT prison within 24 hours.
Updated May 27
As of May 2026: Lead counsel for plaintiffs in SSA v. AFSCME
The Privacy Act of 1974 was written to prevent exactly this: government employees using federal databases containing Social Security numbers, health records, and bank account information for unauthorized purposes. Department of Government Efficiency staffers did it for nearly a year. They copied records of 300 million Americans to unsecured servers, shared files with outside political groups, and coordinated with election-denial activists to match voter rolls against Social Security data.
Updated May 22
As of May 2026: Counsel for a coalition of nonprofits and local governments challenging HUD changes
HUD tried to rewrite the rules of America's biggest homelessness grant program in the middle of the funding cycle. On December 19, after states and cities sued, Judge Mary McElroy told HUD: stop—effective immediately.
Updated May 15
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