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Louis is special counsel in the litigation and arbitration team.
He is a seasoned legal strategist, with extensive experience litigating high-stakes disputes before all levels of state and federal courts, including class actions, multidistrict litigations, and other complex litigations. Louis has a track record of success at all stages of litigation—from pre-litigation dispute resolution through trial verdict and appeal. He has successfully represented a diverse array of individual clients and companies, with particularly deep experience in the technology sector, and he has drafted numerous winning briefs on case-dispositive motions and appeals. Formerly an appellate lawyer at another international law firm, Louis brings a strong understanding of effective legal strategy and a sharp ability to identify key issues. Louis also leverages significant trial court experience for his clients, having served as the primary brief writer on multiple trial teams and having deposed fact and expert witnesses.
In addition, Louis maintains a robust pro bono practice, representing indigent clients in immigration appeals, civil rights lawsuits, and habeas corpus and criminal proceedings.
Earlier in his career, Louis served as a law clerk to three federal judges: Hon. Stephen Reinhardt (2016 – 2017) and Hon. Holly A. Thomas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2022 – 2023); and Hon. J. Paul Oetken of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (2017 – 2018). He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at University of Southern California Gould School of Law, teaching US Common Law and Analysis.
Track record
Appellate dismissal of all claims
Co-authored briefing before New York Appellate Division, which reversed trial court and dismissed all tort claims against major technology company.
Complete defense verdict at trial
Drafted motions, jury instructions, verdict form, and other pleadings as member of trial team representing insurance company in coverage dispute, ultimately obtaining a complete defense verdict.
Complete defense verdict at trial
Key member of trial team that secured complete defense verdict in California Superior Court at the conclusion of bellwether trial in consolidated mass tort proceedings against major technology company.
Dismissal of fraud and tort claims
Co-authored motion to dismiss in multidistrict litigation before Northern District of California, resulting in partial dismissal with prejudice of fraud, negligence, and product liability claims against major technology company.
Obtained dismissal of claims
Co-authored successful motion to dismiss in New York Supreme Court, resulting in dismissal with prejudice of tort claims against major pharmaceutical company.
Reversal of arbitration waiver
Co-authored brief before California Court of Appeal, which persuaded appellate court to publish a decision reversing trial court order finding that client had previously waived arbitration rights.
Secured dismissal of claims
Represented major technology company in tort lawsuit in state court and drafted prevailing brief resulting in dismissal of all claims with prejudice.
Victory at U.S. Supreme Court
Co-authored a successful petition for certiorari and prevailing merits briefing at U.S. Supreme Court in Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024), a constitutional criminal procedure case concerning defendants’ right to a jury trial before imposition of certain sentencing enhancements under the Armed Career Criminals Act.
Publications
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'Expert Analysis: NY Housing Ruling Raises Bar for Retroactive Economic Regs,' Law360 – May 18, 2020, co-authored
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'Criminal Justice User Fees and the Procedural Aspect of Equal Justice,' Harvard Law Review Forum – March 2020, authored
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'Contracting Around the Constitution: An Anticommodificationist Perspective on Unconstitutional Conditions,' University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law – March 1, 2019, authored
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'Executive Enforcement Discretion and the Separation of Powers: A Case Study on the Constitutionality of DACA and DAPA,' West Virginia Law Review – September 2017, authored
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'Civil Disobedience as Legal Ethics: Cause Lawyers and the Tension between Morality and Lawyering Law,' Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review – October 2016, authored
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'Paying for Pushout: Regulating Landlord Buyout Offers in New York City’s Rent Stabilized Apartments,' Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review – November 2015, authored
Admissions
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California, 2023
- New York, 2017
Education
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Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude
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Columbia University, B.A., summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa
Languages
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English
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Spanish