Pranav Mulpur

Appeals

• Preserved constitutional claims of client who suffered police brutality, raising procedural arguments relied on by footnote 4 of the Court’s opinion and Justice Sotomayor’s concurrence (Supreme Court)
• Represented national parents’ association as amicus curiae opposing affirmative action in college admissions, raising caselaw later cited in Justice Thomas’s concurrence (Supreme Court)
• Represented national health insurance trade associations as amici curiae opposing atextual interpretation of ERISA group health plans, raising arguments relied on by petitioner (Supreme Court)
• Represented national business advocacy groups as amici curiae opposing California law regulating employers’ speech about unionization (Ninth Circuit)
• Represented professional major league soccer team as amicus curiae opposing constitutional challenges to public-private partnerships to develop stadiums (MA Supreme Judicial Court)
• Secured victory for recording studio whose former employee sought partnership interest and damages, narrowing client’s potential liability from roughly $50 million to under $100,000 (NY Appellate Division)

Trials

• Defended airplane manufacturer facing federal and state securities fraud class actions by drafting successful dispositive and discovery motions in state and federal jurisdictions
• Defended major automobile manufacturer facing high-profile product liability claims by drafting successful evidentiary motions across several state jurisdictions

Strategic Counseling

• Advised US executive department seeking to create numerous novel public-private partnerships regarding complex questions on presidential powers, statutory authorities, and administrative and constitutional law to facilitate transactions worth billions of dollars
• Advised national civil rights nonprofit seeking to bring legal challenges against US executive branch officials on unsettled questions involving presidential appointment powers
• Advised virtual mental health care provider seeking to challenge Oregon law revising Medicare reimbursement eligibility, evaluating viability of dormant Commerce Clause challenge
• Counseled global social media platform seeking advice before rolling out new features for AI tool, identifying intellectual property laws relating to AI image generation that posed multimillion-dollar legal threats to business and proposing solutions for client