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They are the elite of the elite: Although they account for far less than 1 percent of lawyers who filed appeals to the Supreme Court, these attorneys were involved in 43 percent of the cases the high court chose to decide from 2004 through 2012.

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Of the 66 most successful (at getting Supremes to hear their cases) lawyers, 51 worked for law firms that primarily represented corporate interests.

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The lawyers are the most influential members of one of the most powerful specialties in America: the business of practicing before the Supreme Court.
None of these lawyers is a household name. But many are familiar to the nine justices. That’s because about half worked for justices past or present, and some socialize with them.