Consovoy McCarthy’s Meehan Among Few Women Tapped by Justices

The U.S. Supreme Court invited Consovoy McCarthy lawyer Taylor Meehan to argue in an immigration case, making her one of the few females ever asked by the justices to appear as an advocate.

Justice Clarence Thomas requested on Tuesday that his former clerk argue in favor of the ruling below in Patel v. Garland next term, which starts in October.

In that case, the government agreed with immigrant Pankajkumar Patel that the justices should resolve a dispute over when federal courts can review decisions by immigration officials.

Such amicus “invitations” often are made by the “circuit justice,” the Supreme Court ...