Victoria L. Romine Associate

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that a pro bono appellate team has secured a unanimous 9-0 ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Smith v. Arizona.

Partner Michael Huston and associates Karl Worsham and Victoria Romine were recognized by Law360 as being "Legal Lions" after the full U.S. Supreme Court declined an appeal that had prompted Justice Samuel Alito to briefly halt the Boy Scouts of America's bankruptcy proceeding and put its Chapter 11 plan into temporary disarray. Michael, Karl, and Victoria represented the Boy Scouts of America in the case. 

Perkins Coie lawyers were mentioned in multiple media publications regarding the firm’s pro bono representation of a client in the U.S. Supreme Court case Smith v. Arizona  that raises an important issue under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment regarding a criminal defendant’s right to cross-examine a non-testifying forensic analyst. 

Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that a pro bono appellate team led by partner Hari Santhanam secured a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Smith v. Arizona.