E. Brantley Webb
bwebb@mayerbrown.com
Brantley Webb regularly represents clients and briefs cases in the US Supreme Court, the US courts of appeals, and state appellate courts across the country. In her time at the firm, she has been a principal or contributing author of twenty appellate briefs. Brantley graduated from Yale Law School, where she served as an Articles Editor of the Yale Law Journal, and earned her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College. Before joining Mayer Brown, she clerked for the Honorable Sandra L. Lynch, US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Her publications have appeared in the George Mason Law Review, the Yale Law Journal, and Law360.
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Selected Experience
Arkema v. EPA (Third Circuit)
In this case, our client Arkema petitioned for review from a final rule, in which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated for testing in its Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program certain chemicals based on their physical and chemical properties.
Autor v. Pritzker (D.C. Circuit)
We represented plaintiffs in this case in their challenge of the Executive Branch's policy of forbidding registered lobbyists from serving on International Trade Advisory Committees.
Brown v. United Airlines, Inc. (U.S. Supreme Court)
The preemption provision of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 provides that a state "may not enact or enforce a law, regulation, or other provision having the force and effect of law related to price, route, or service of an air carrier."
Crews v. Farina (U.S. Supreme Court)
We successfully opposed a petition for certiorari that sought to reimpose a previously-vacated death sentence on our client.
Farina v. Florida Dep't of Corr. (Eleventh Circuit)
In this case, we filed an amicus brief on behalf of religious and civil liberties organizations including Americans United for Separation of Church and State, American Civil Liberties Union, and Interfaith Alliance Foundation in support of the petitioner Anthony Farina's petition for habeas corpus to the Eleventh Circuit.
Gillette v. California Franchise Tax Board (U.S. Supreme Court)
The question presented in this certiorari petition is whether the Multistate Tax Compact has the status of a contract that binds its signatory States.
Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Abbott (U.S. Supreme Court)
We represented Lockheed Martin Corporation in this class action lawsuit arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Rosemond v. United States (U.S. Supreme Court)
In this case, the Court granted certiorari to decide the requisite mental state for the offense of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).