Appellate & Constitutional
 Ludwig & Robinson has broad appellate experience, including appeals before the United States Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, and Federal Circuits, the United States Supreme Court, and numerous state appeals courts. Mr. Ludwig has extensive appellate experience in federal and state courts across the country. He unraveled the long-hidden meaning of the jurisdictional nexus at the heart of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in cases before the D.C. Circuit and Supreme Court, in Odhiambo v. Republic of Kenya, 764 F.3d 31 (D.C. Cir. 2014), directing Solicitor Gen’l briefing, 136 S. Ct. 290 (2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 2504 (2016). He was trained in an appellate practice that established landmark precedent under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Helicopteros Nacionales de Columbia, S.A. v. Hall, 466 U.S. 408 (1984), in which the Supreme Court resolved a longstanding issue of general jurisdiction over out-of-state corporations. He developed, among other things, the theory of governing law ultimately applied by the Supreme Court to the downing of KAL Flight 007 over the Sea of Japan, in Zicherman v. Korean Air Lines Co., 516 U.S. 217 (1995), and Dooley v. Korean Air Lines Co., 524 U.S. 116 (1998). Applying insights gained in decades of trial and appellate litigation, the firm has an exceptional record in handling novel and complex cases. Seeking strategic and effective solutions to help its clients succeed, the firm consistently has unraveled difficult legal issues, including longstanding Gordian knots of common, statutory, and constitutional law, often with precedent-setting results. We invite you to review other practice pages of our website for an overview of the scope and depth of our litigation practice. Representative Experience
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