Deanne E. Maynard
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Deanne Maynard, for more than 20 years, she, co-chair of Morrison & Foerster's Appellate and Supreme Court practice, has briefed and argued significant appeals in the United States Supreme Court and appellate courts across the country. She has argued 14 cases before the Supreme Court and filed over 100 briefs in that Court. Ms. Maynard's appellate practice is nationwide. She has particular experience in the Federal Circuit, where she has argued more than 30 appeals, representing both patentees and defendants, on a variety of technologies. Ms. Maynard also appears regularly in the Ninth Circuit, where she has argued 15 appeals. Before joining Morrison & Foerster, Ms. Maynard served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice for five years. She previously was a partner at another major law firm. After law school, Ms. Maynard clerked twice on the Supreme Court: one Term for Justice Stephen Breyer in his first year on the Court, and another Term for retired Justice Lewis Powell and Justice John Paul Stevens. Ms. Maynard graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She earned a B.A. in English, with distinction, from the University of Virginia. Ms. Maynard is annually recommended as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA, Legal 500 US, and Best Lawyers in America. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, selected for her distinction as an appellate lawyer. Ms. Maynard serves on the Board of Trustees of the Supreme Court Historical Society. She also is a Master in, and Past President of, the Coke Appellate Inn of Court.
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