HSG’s SCOTUS Brief Recognized by Legalytics as Top Merit Brief in First Ten Decisions of 2024-2025 Term

New York –  HSG’s principal merits brief in Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. was ranked as the Top Merits Brief in Legalytics’ Top Merits Briefs in the Supreme Court’s First Ten 2024-2025 Term Decisions. HSG’s brief scored in the highest tier among all briefs in six categories: language adoption and parallels, the trail of legal reasoning, shared precedent analysis, policy position adoption, persuasiveness, and tier of influence. 

Legalytics, a substack by United States Supreme Court scholar Dr. Adam Feldman, provides data-driven insights into the law, oftentimes steeped in statistics and analytics. 

Dr. Feldman highlighted HSG’s Waetzig brief, explaining, “Holwell Shuster & Goldberg . . . led the most influential brief in Waetzig, drawing on a deep bench of Rule 60(b) expertise and anchoring the brief in historical continuity and procedural equity” and “fused originalist structure with policy framing[.]”

Feldman further lauded HSG’s brief as a “tour de force in advocacy” and a “masterclass.”

On February 26, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of HSG’s client, Gary Waetzig.  HSG partner Vincent Levy argued the appeal in January.

The HSG team included partner Vincent Levy, of counsel Kevin Benish, associates Ariella Kahan, Jack Millman, Byron Hazzard, and former associate Aditi Shah.

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