Shay Dvoretzky

Shay Dvoretzky is the head of Skadden’s Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation Group. He has argued 12 cases before the Supreme Court and his recent Supreme Court victories include Merck v. Albrecht, GE Energy v. Outokumpu and Rotkiske v. Klemm. The American Laywer named Mr. Dvoretzky a 2019 Litigator of the Year. Mr. Dvoretzky has briefed and argued dozens of cases across virtually all federal courts of appeals. His work has spanned constitutional law, administrative law, antitrust, arbitration, bankruptcy, labor and employment, ERISA, tax, telecommunications, securities, preemption, energy, intellectual property and criminal defense, as well as various complex statutory questions. Mr. Dvoretzky is a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and a member of the American Law Institute, the Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Administrative Law & Regulatory Litigation Committee. He has an active pro bono practice that includes criminal, immigration and constitutional cases. Before joining Skadden, Mr. Dvoretzky was a partner in the appellate practice at another global law firm. Previously, he clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.