Soren Schmidt is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins.
Soren focuses his practice on appellate litigation. He has assisted clients with matters involving both state and federal courts of appeals, including the US Supreme Court, and covering a wide range of issues, including the First Amendment, administrative law, statutory interpretation, state law tort claims, and disability law.
After law school, Soren served as a law clerk for Judge Cornelia T.L. Pillard of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
Soren’s representative experience includes:
Latham litigators were honored for securing a US Supreme Court decision on behalf of Oklahoma State Attorney General Gentner Drummond, affirming Oklahoma’s nonsectarian charter school law in a closely watched religious liberty case.