Isaac Sommers joined Ropes & Gray’s Washington, D.C. office in 2022 as part of the litigation and enforcement practice group. During law school, Isaac participated in both the Cyberlaw and Crimmigration Clinics. Isaac engaged in appellate litigation brief-writing and research at various legal internships, including the Federal Public Defender’s Capital Habeas Unit in the Western District of Missouri, the West Virginia Attorney General’s Office, and a private criminal defense attorney (drafting an appellate brief in defense of a statutory interpretation of criminal code that was ultimately affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals). He also served as an executive editor for the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and as an article editor for both the Harvard Latinx Law Review and the Harvard Human Rights Journal.
Following graduation, in 2021, Isaac served as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Jeremy D. Kernodle of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Experience
- Represented a major financial institution in litigation filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York concerning alleged business torts arising from client relationships. Assisted with dispositive motion drafting and research, offensive depositions, and discovery analysis and review.
- Represented a transportation company in an appellate litigation matter involving contract interpretation, assisting with brief-writing and research.
- Advised financial services client on policies and best practices concerning the use of artificial intelligence.
- Representing a major commerce client in an appellate litigation matter involving statutory interpretation and procedural issues, assisting with brief-writing and research.
- Helped design and launch (and currently assists with managing and updating) Ropes & Gray’s AI Court Order Tracker.
- Representing a healthcare company in federal data privacy litigation by assisting with dispositive motion drafting and research.
- Represented the Mall of America in its petition for certiorari and on the merits at the U.S. Supreme Court in connection with a lease assignment dispute by assisting with appellate litigation research.
- Assisted with research and drafting for an amicus brief involving an 8th Amendment claim of solitary confinement.
- Assisted a public interest group with research support for a pro bono post-conviction claim.
- Represented a private equity firm in an arbitration dispute by assisting in motions drafting and research and in preparation for depositions.
- Represented a major pharmaceutical company by providing advice on privilege issues in connection with a corporate merger.
- Represented a healthcare company during a Department of Justice second request concerning a corporate merger.
- Involved with Ropes & Gray’s Artificial Intelligence practice group and provides litigation updates on matters relating to AI.