Gupta Wessler LLP is a national appellate and complex litigation boutique. We brief and argue high-stakes cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and state and federal courts across the country. We also run the Harvard Supreme Court Litigation Clinic. Through all of our efforts, we aim to help shape the law in ways that enhance justice and improve people’s lives.
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An “impressive” and “highly rated appellate practice,” known for “terrific briefs” and “incredible oral advocacy.” — Chambers USA
Gupta Wessler has “staked a name for itself” as the nation’s “premier plaintiffs-side appellate firm.” – Law 360
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“Gupta Wessler — a small firm that scores big wins.” — Original Jurisdiction
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Gupta Wessler argued three U.S. Supreme Court cases this past term and scored two 9-0 victories for plaintiffs seeking to hold corporations accountable—Cantero v. Bank of America (2024), defeating sweeping federal preemption of state consumer law, and Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries (2024), defeating forced arbitration of workers’ wage claims.
The firm will argue another three merits cases in the Supreme Court’s upcoming term: Nvidia v. E. Ohman, on pleading standards for securities fraud class actions; Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida, on retirees’ right to sue for disability discrimination; and McLaughlin v. McKesson, a suit under a federal law that bans unwanted telemarketing.
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Gupta Wessler “now boasts six attorneys with high court argument experience” and “has achieved notable success even on a court dominated by conservatives.” — Bloomberg Law
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In recent years, our advocacy for plaintiffs and public-interest clients has produced an unbroken string of improbable victories before the U.S. Supreme Court.
For three Supreme Court wins by four Gupta Wessler lawyers between 2020 and 2023, the firm’s work was repeatedly honored with the National Civil Justice Institute’s Appellate Advocacy Award, which “recognizes excellence in appellate advocacy in America.” For its recent streak of appellate wins in the lower courts, the firm has also been repeatedly placed on the National Law Journal’s Appellate Hot List.
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A “vibrant appellate practice focused on public interest cases and plaintiff-side representations.” — Chambers USA
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In Southwest Airlines v. Saxon (2022), Jennifer Bennett scored a unanimous win for workers over forced arbitration. Slate highlighted the case as one in which “good lawyering” made the difference, noting that “Bennett, who represented Saxon, deployed her seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of interstate labor in 1920s America to shred each layer of Southwest’s reasoning.”
In Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District (2021), Deepak Gupta won a landmark victory for access to justice. The Court unanimously held that people injured by mass products may sue out-of-state corporations where their injuries occurred, bucking a decades-long trend restricting jurisdiction. The American Association for Justice recognized Deepak’s advocacy with its Steven Sharp Public Service Award, the National Civil Justice Institute awarded him its Appellate Advocacy Award, and the National Law Journal named him a finalist for “Winning Litigator” of the year.
In Lombardo v. City of St. Louis (2021), Jon Taylor won a rare summary vacatur for the family of a homeless man killed by the police in which tossed out a ruling that failed to consider “well-known police guidance recommending that officers get a subject off his stomach as soon as he is handcuffed.”
In Intel Corp. v. Sulyma (2020), Matt Wessler won a 9-0 victory for workers seeking to hold companies accountable under ERISA for risking their retirement savings. The Wall Street Journal called this a “pretty significant” victory for “people’s ability to bring lawsuits over fiduciary breaches.”
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The introduction of Gupta Wessler’s “impressive team” into a legal battle against a large corporate adversary means that “the opposing parties’ legal forces have been equalized” in the “arena of appellate combat.” — Bloomberg Businessweek
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In the lower state and federal courts, Gupta Wessler continues to rack up major appellate victories—on arbitration, antitrust, consumers’ and workers’ rights, class actions, civil rights, preemption, products liability, punitive damages, standing, the First Amendment, and a range of other issues.
In recent years, the firm has handled an increasing number of very high-stakes cases, including the defense of several nine-figure and eight-figure jury verdicts.
In addition, the firm routinely acts as outside counsel to national nonprofits including the American Association for Justice, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Project on Predatory Student Lending, and the NYU Tax Law Center.
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“The difference with Deepak and with Gupta Wessler is that the firm is very well known as very strong in consumer rights appeals and they have a lot of Supreme Court experience. Gupta’s increasing presence in the Supreme Court . . . is particularly notable because of the small size and boutique nature of the firm.” — Empirical SCOTUS
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