Consovoy Boutique Firm Back to High Court for Student Loans (1)

J. Michael Connolly, who has spent his career behind the scenes in US Supreme Court cases, will make his argument debut in a high-stakes challenge to President Joe Biden’s $400 billion student loan debt relief program.

Attorneys from Consovoy McCarthy, a boutique firm that’s carved a niche trying to sway the justices on behalf of conservative causes, have appeared many times before the justices. This will be the first since the death of founding partner William Consovoy of cancer in January at 48.

Connolly’s moment at the lectern reflects a Consovoy practice—rare in the world of Supreme Court advocacy—of opening ...