Garrett Meisman

(D.C. Cir.) – Successfully defended FERC order authorizing construction and operation of one of the largest-capacity border-crossing pipelines in the United States

(D.C. Cir.) – Successfully defended FERC decision to grant extension of time for construction of natural gas pipeline

(1st Cir.) – Secured a unanimous decision requiring a group of Puerto Rico-based mutual funds to seat new directors after contested shareholder elections and affirming dismissal of the funds’ claims under Securities Exchange Act

(11th Cir.) – Co-drafted amicus brief on behalf of religious freedom organizations successfully supporting a minister that was barred from a county jail’s volunteer ministry program because of his religious expression; the Eleventh Circuit found in favor of the minister, reversed the district court’s summary judgment for the jail officials, holding that they violated the minister’s clearly established First Amendment rights

(Colo.); (Colo. App.) – Obtained affirmance in the Colorado Supreme Court and intermediate appellate court of one of the largest Colorado state court judgments on record ($215 million) on behalf of an energy company in a case in which the lower court found the defendant fraudulently induced our client into signing an agreement for the design and construction of a facility for the treatment of produced and flowback water, and that the defendant breached that agreement

(La.); (La. App. – 4th Cir.) – Successfully defended a $43 million judgment following a jury verdict for a chemical manufacturer in its contract dispute with its industrial gas supplier

(5th Cir.) – Obtained unanimous affirmance of a $14 million fraud judgment for an energy company against its former employee who engaged in a kickback scheme with contractors

(Tex.) – Represented a commercial landlord in petition for review seeking to obtain $4.8 million in holdover rent from a tenant

(U.S.) – Represented independent journalists as amici curiae supporting a reporter who brought First Amendment claims after being arrested for asking questions to a police officer; Supreme Court issued summary vacatur in reporter’s favor