Associate
Michael Clemente is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Supreme Court & Appellate Practice.
Before joining Latham, Mr. Clemente served as a law clerk to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Thomas B. Griffith of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and Judge David F. Hamilton of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Mr. Clemente graduated from Yale Law School, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal.
Latham teams recognized for litigation wins, including a rare “entire defense” victory on behalf of client Cantor Fitzgerald and the dismissal of almost all claims in a securities class action against Virgin Galactic.
Beth Deeley, BJ Trach, and Roman Martinez were recognized by The American Lawyer in an early batch of Litigator of the Week Shout Outs after notching a major appellate victory for Gap Inc. in the high-profile Ninth Circuit appeal of a shareholder derivative lawsuit.
Four Latham victories recognized in the prestigious weekly column.