Showing all results for category “amicus brief”

Melinda Kollross Appointed Chair of DRI Amicus Committee

September 30, 2025 / News

Congratulations to Melinda Kollross, Chair of Clausen Miller’s Appellate & Trial Monitoring Practice Group,  who was recently appointed as Chair of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy Amicus Committee.

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US Supreme Court Overrules Chevron

July 1, 2024 / News

Clausen Miller Appellate & Trial Monitoring Practice Chair Melinda Kollross and Partner Don Sampen analyze the end of Chevron deference after the US Supreme Court holds that courts must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority. Kollross and Sampen authored an amicus brief in Loper Bright Enterprises, et al v. Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce, et al, No. 22–451, on behalf of the DRI Center for Law & Public Policy in this monumental case.

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SCOTUS Justices Debate Chevron’s Fate

January 19, 2024 / News

In much anticipated oral arguments lasting several hours, the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday heard argument in two cases challenging the 40 year-old Chevron decision instructing courts to defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes.

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Kollross and Sampen’s Loper Filing Selected As “Amicus Brief of the Month”

August 28, 2023 / News / Writing and Speaking

Each month Capital Appellate Advocacy’s All Things Amicus features an “Amicus Brief of the Month”—an amicus brief that was authored by other attorneys.

This month the site features the Supreme Court amicus brief that Melinda Kollross and Don Sampen of Clausen Miller,

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Clausen Miller Files SCOTUS Amicus Brief on behalf of the Defense Research Institute in Loper

July 17, 2023 / News

Clausen Miller shareholder Melinda Kollross and partner Don Sampen recently prepared and filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court at the request and on behalf of the DRI Center for Law and Public Policy.

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  • Chicago

    Illinois 60603

    10 South LaSalle Street

    Chicago, Illinois 60603

    T: 312.855.1010 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: Dennis D. Fitzpatrick

  • New York

    New York 10005

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    New York, New York 10005

    T: 212.805.3900 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 212.805.3939 Office Managing Partner: Carl M. Perri

  • Florham Park

    New Jersey 07932

    100 Campus Drive

    Florham Park, New Jersey 07932

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  • Irvine

    California 92618

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    Suite 440

    Irvine, California 92618

    T: 949.260.3100 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 949.260.3190 Office Managing Partner: Ian R. Feldman

  • Michigan City

    Indiana 46360

    200 Commerce Square

    Michigan City, Indiana 46360

    T: 219.262.6106 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: Paige M. Neel

  • Milwaukee

    Wisconsin 53202

    250 E. Wisconsin Avenue

    Suite 1800

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

    T: 414.279.5525 TF: 800.826.3505 F: 312.606.7777 Office Managing Partner: James M. Weck

  • Stamford

    Connecticut 06901

    243 Tresser Boulevard

    17th Floor

    Stamford, Connecticut 06901

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  • Hartford

    Connecticut 06103

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    Suite 100

    Hartford, Connecticut 06103

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  • Tampa

    Florida 33602

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    Suite 3300

    Tampa, Florida 33602

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  • Boca Raton

    Florida 33434

    7777 Glades Road

    Suite 405

    Boca Raton, Florida 33434

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  • San Francisco

    California 94111

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    Suite 1250

    San Francisco, California 94111

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  • Houston

    Texas 77060

    4 CityNorth

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    Houston, Texas 77060

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    Texas 78258

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  • Austin

    Texas 78759

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    Suite 500

    Austin, Texas 78759

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