The chair of Kilpatrick Stockton‘s Supreme Court and appellate practice was found dead in his Washington office Thursday morning in what police are investigating as a gun-related suicide.

Mark Levy, 59, counsel at Kilpatrick, was an accomplished appellate lawyer with 16 Supreme Court arguments under his belt. Police confirmed that they are investigating a death that occurred at 607 14th Street N.W., home to Kilpatrick’s D.C. offices, and the firm has released a statement about Levy’s death.