Jones Day Hires Eight Supreme Court Clerks in Yearly Spree

Jones Day has hired eight former US Supreme Court clerks, all of whom worked for conservative justices last term.

The new Big Law hires worked in the chambers of every conservative member of the high court except Chief Justice John Roberts.

Three clerked for Justice Amy Coney Barrett and two for Justice Samuel Alito. The other three came from the chambers of Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas.

They’re joining the firm’s Issues & Appeals Practice as associates.

“Clients rely on our Issues & Appeals Practice for many of their most high-profile, high-stakes matters, and the depth of our associate bench is fundamental in our pursuit of the best possible outcome for our client,” Noel Francisco, former U.S. solicitor general and partner-in-charge of Jones Day’s Washington office, said in a statement.

Jones Day has recruited 86 former Supreme Court clerks since the October 2011 term.

The new class of former clerks joining Jones Day are:

• Bijan Aboutorabi—clerked for Thomas and graduated from the University of Chicago Law School. Prior to his Supreme Court clerkship, Aboutorabi was a Judicial Clerk for Justice James L. “Jay” Mitchell, Supreme Court of Alabama (2021-2022); an associate at a law firm in Arlington, Virginia (2020-2021); a Judicial Clerk for Judge Amul Thapar, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2019-2020); and Judge William H. Pryor Jr., US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2018-2019).
• Timothy Bradley— clerked for Barrett and graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School. Prior to his Supreme Court clerkship, Bradley was a Judicial Clerk for Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the Sixth Circuit (2021–2022); and Judge Steven M. Colloton of the Eighth Circuit (2020–2021).
• John Brinkerhoff Jr.—clerked for Alito and graduated from Yale Law School. Prior to his Supreme Court clerkship, Brinkerhoff was an associate at a law firm in Washington (2021-2022); a Judicial Clerk for Judge Gregory Katsas of the D.C. Circuit (2020-2021); Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the Eleventh Circuit (2019-2020); and Judge Diane Sykes of the Seventh Circuit (2018-2019).
• Henry Dickman—clerked for Barrett and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to his Supreme Court clerkship, Dickman was a Judicial Clerk for Judge Gregory G. Katsas of the DC Circuit (2021-2022); Judge Diane S. Sykes of the Seventh Circuit (2020-2021); and Barrett, while she served on the Seventh Circuit (August 2020 – October 2020).
• Emily Hall—clerked for Kavanaugh and graduated from Yale Law School. Prior to her Supreme Court clerkship, she was a Judicial Clerk for Judge Amul Thapar of the Sixth Circuit (2021-2022).
• Daniel Johnson—clerked for Barrett and graduated from Harvard Law School. Prior to his Supreme Court clerkship, Johnson was an associate at a law firm in Washington (2021-2022); a Judicial Clerk for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the D.C. Circuit (2020–2021); and Judge Julius N. Richardson of the Fourth Circuit, (2019-2020).
• Christopher Pagliarella—clerked for Alito and graduated from Yale Law School. Prior to his Supreme Court clerkship, Pagliarella was a Visiting Clinical Lecturer at Yale law and counsel at a public interest law firm (2019-2022); an associate at Jones Day (2017-2019); and a Judicial Clerk for Judge Thomas Hardiman of the Third Circuit (2016-2017).
• David Kenneth Suska—clerked for Gorsuch and graduated from the University of Chicago Law School. Prior to his Supreme Court clerkship, Suska was an attorney at the Office of Legal Counsel, US Department of Justice (2019-2022); an associate at a law firm in Washington (2017-2019); and a Judicial Clerk for Judge Frank H. Easterbrook of the Seventh Circuit (2016-2017).