Even after more than a year of working on the case — representing a former Baltimore police officer charged in an extortion conspiracy — and many practice argument sessions, “the intensity of it was something that you can’t prepare for,” he said.

Law firm associates are far less likely to argue cases in the Supreme Court than partners. Davis’ client, Samuel Ocasio, came to King & Spalding as a pro bono case. Davis took the lead as it moved from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to the Supreme Court.

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