Margaret Allison Upshaw

Maggie Upshaw is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins.

Maggie primarily handles appellate litigation and dispositive motions in the federal district courts. She has assisted with strategic analysis and briefing in a broad range of matters at all levels of the judiciary, including before the US Supreme Court. She has also successfully argued appeals before the Eleventh and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, obtaining precedent-setting victories in both cases.

Maggie represents clients in a variety of substantive areas, including administrative law, securities regulation, data privacy, contracts, torts, and constitutional law. She has particular experience defending clients against complex class actions. She has been a primary drafter of briefs opposing class certification, including briefing that successfully defeated certification of a multi-billion dollar damages class.

Prior to joining Latham, Maggie served as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General, where she successfully argued an appeal on behalf of the United States before the First Circuit Court of Appeals. She also clerked for Judge William Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Maggie graduated first in her class from the University of Chicago Law School, where she received the Casper Platt Award for Most Outstanding Paper. During law school, she served as Comments Editor for The University of Chicago Law Review.

Thought Leadership

• “FinCEN Looks to Rein In Cryptocurrency Transactions” Latham & Watkins Global Fintech & Payments Blog (2021)
• “Will Jam v. IFC Increase Multilateral Development Banks’ US Legal Exposure?” Latham & Watkins Client Alert (2019)
• The Unappealing State of Certificates of Appealability, 82 U. Chi. L. Rev. 1609 (2015)