How Big Law Teamed Up to Clinch Supreme Court Dreamer Victory

Winning a case doesn’t usually make veteran Covington & Burling litigator Jeffrey Davidson start to cry — or dance.

Davidson did both after clicking on the Supreme Court’s website and learning he helped convince the justices to protect young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers from deportation. Davidson’s 9-year-old son commented on his unusual reaction, prompting him to explain, “We won the case about the young immigrants,” before he ran upstairs to tell his wife.

Lawyers across the U.S. from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Jenner & Block, and Covington & Burling worked on the case for years, culminating in the 5-4 ...