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As a partner in our Appellate, Constitutional and Administrative Law practice, Paul Mezzina focuses on appeals, critical motions and strategic counseling in connection with complex litigation.
Paul represents clients in a variety of matters, including those involving the False Claims Act, intellectual property, class actions, medical drugs and devices, antitrust, and professional liability.
Paul has authored briefs in numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals and federal trial courts, and has presented oral argument in the Second, Fourth, Tenth, Eleventh, D.C. and Federal Circuits, as well as multiple state courts.
Paul is one of few attorneys in the country to have clerked for three U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
J.D., Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude
A.B., Harvard University, cum laude
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Law Clerk, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court of the United States
Law Clerk, Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States
Law Clerk, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
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October 22, 2024
Paul Mezzina, Joshua Mitchell, David Balser, Brandon Keel and Elliott Foote represent Emory University before the Eleventh Circuit
October 9, 2024
Benchmark Litigation Recognizes King & Spalding as a Leading Litigation Firm
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
July 1, 2024
Loper Bright v. Raimondo
January 12, 2024
The Ongoing Debate Over The Apex Doctrine: New Developments In Georgia And Washington
June 24, 2022
Georgia Supreme Court Declines to Adopt Apex Doctrine but Offers Some Protection to High-Ranking Executives
October 22, 2024
Paul Mezzina, Joshua Mitchell, David Balser, Brandon Keel and Elliott Foote represent Emory University before the Eleventh Circuit
October 9, 2024
Benchmark Litigation Recognizes King & Spalding as a Leading Litigation Firm
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
July 1, 2024
Loper Bright v. Raimondo
January 12, 2024
The Ongoing Debate Over The Apex Doctrine: New Developments In Georgia And Washington
June 24, 2022
Georgia Supreme Court Declines to Adopt Apex Doctrine but Offers Some Protection to High-Ranking Executives
October 22, 2024
Paul Mezzina, Joshua Mitchell, David Balser, Brandon Keel and Elliott Foote represent Emory University before the Eleventh Circuit
October 9, 2024
Benchmark Litigation Recognizes King & Spalding as a Leading Litigation Firm
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
J.D., Harvard University, Magna Cum Laude
A.B., Harvard University, cum laude
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Law Clerk, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court of the United States
Law Clerk, Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States
Law Clerk, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Italian