Tell us about your top U.S. Supreme Court or federal appeals court victory over the past year and how you and your team achieved the win.

[We] won a string of decisions for several pipeline and industrial clients involved in disputes at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, including a successful challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's solid waste recycling rule, defense of two major pipeline projects and defeating an attack on the [FERC]'s pipeline approval process. Maintaining awareness of the facts and variables of these cases and anticipating how the law might change during the appeals process was critical, given the significant number of new projects being proposed at the time that generated similar litigation.

How did your firm approach appellate success over the past year?