Partner
Avi M. Kupfer
Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Supreme Court & Appellate, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
Overview
Avi Kupfer is a Litigation & Dispute Resolution partner in Mayer Brown’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s Supreme Court & Appellate practice. He focuses his practice on briefing appeals and dispositive motions in federal and state court, and on developing legal strategy for proceedings before courts and agencies. Avi has been identified as a “Rising Star” in appellate litigation (Legal 500) and selected for Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under List.
Experience
Recent cases briefed and argued:
Administrative Procedure
- Nat’l Wildlife Fed’n v. Sec’y of the Dep’t of Transp. (6th Cir. 2020) (Nondiscretionary Agency Action)
- Oceana v. Ross (D.C. Cir. 2019) (Scope of Agency Record)*
- Conservation Cong. v. U.S. Forest Serv. (9th Cir. 2019) (Environmental Review)*
- Dine CARE v. Bernhardt (10th Cir. 2019) (Environmental Review)*
- Sierra Club v. U.S. Dep’t of the Interior (4th Cir. 2018) (Environmental Review)*
- Highway J Citizens Grp. v. Dep’t of Transp. (7th Cir. 2018) (Environmental Review)*
Recognition
- Named to Benchmark Litigation‘s “40 & Under” list, 2024
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, JD, magna cum laude
Articles Editor, Michigan Law Review - Yale University, BA, cum laude
Admissions
- California
- Illinois
- Wisconsin
Courts
- US Supreme Court
- US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit