Deanne Maynard (CLAS Echols ‘87)
Echols Council is proud to present the first of the Campfire Chats series! The Council is curating a series of Echols alumni speakers across multiple fields. The first is Deanne Maynard who graduated from the University of Virginia in 1987 as an Echols Scholar studying English. She later graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991.
Deanne Maynard now serves as co-chair of Morrison & Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice and is widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading appellate advocates. She has argued 14 cases before the United States Supreme Court and more than 65 cases in appellate courts across the country. Deanne also argues complex, high stakes cases in courts of appeals nationwide. She has a long record of winning appeals for sophisticated clients. Clients turn to Deanne for crisp, clear briefs and exceptional oral advocacy. Her appellate wins run a gamut of issues from arbitration to antitrust, class actions to contracts, copyright to Commerce Clause, infringement to invalidity, and securities law to statutory interpretation. Deanne is annually recommended as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA, Legal 500 US, and Best Lawyers in America. She is speaking Tuesday July 28 at 6:30pm.