Two of the five lawyers arguing in the same-sex marriage cases on April 28 have never appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court, but none of the five is a novice when it comes to appellate litigation.
Longtime gay rights advocate Mary Bonauto, making her high court debut, and U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., will argue in favor of allowing same-sex marriage. John Bursch, a special assistant Michigan attorney general, will argue against such marriages. Ropes & Gray partner Douglas Hallward-Driemeier who will assert that states must recognize same-sex marriages from other states, and Joseph Whalen III, Tennessee associate solicitor general, is on the other side on that question. The argument will be Whalen’s first in the Supreme Court.
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