Justices Give Houston Associate His Supreme Court Debut
William Peterson, an associate at Beck Redden in Houston, was not expecting a phone call from a U.S. Supreme Court justice. But there was Justice Antonin Scalia on the line, asking Peterson in January whether he would be interested in arguing a case before the court a few months hence.
May 13, 2015 at 11:04 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Supreme Court Brief
William Peterson, an associate at Beck Redden in Houston, was not expecting a phone call from a U.S. Supreme Court justice. But there was Justice Antonin Scalia on the line, asking Peterson in January whether he would be interested in arguing a case before the court a few months hence.
Peterson said yes, and on April 29, the final day of oral argument this term, he argued in the immigration case Mata v. Lynch.
“It was absolutely a bolt out of the blue,” Peterson said. Asked if he was surprised to receive the call from Scalia, Peterson said, “Most lawyers would be.”
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