Misha Tseytlin

Career

Misha leads the firm’s Appellate + Supreme Court Practice Group. He is nationally known for his work in high-profile cases in the fields of administrative law and political law. Misha has argued and won multiple cases in appellate courts throughout the U.S., from the U.S. Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals to state supreme courts and state appellate courts. Misha argued and prevailed before the U.S. Supreme Court in Gill v. Whitford, the most significant redistricting case in decades, in Murr v. Wisconsin, a high-stakes regulatory takings case, and in Rudisill v. McDonough, a major veterans benefits case. He also obtained numerous favorable emergency orders from the U.S. Supreme Court, including in administrative law, political law, and First Amendment issues.

Clients in regulated industries value Misha’s meticulous approach to bet-the-company challenges, including in the highest-stakes cases under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Misha has led and won many of the most important APA cases in the U.S. over the last decade, including lawsuits against rules and rulings issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Misha is also a recognized leader in political law, including redistricting and election-related litigation. He represents clients ranging from ordinary citizens to independent redistricting commissioners and state legislatures and is responsible for multiple landmark victories in state, federal appellate, and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Most recently, he secured a significant victory at the New York Court of Appeals, invaliding both the congressional and state senate maps as unconstitutional under New York’s newly enacted anti-gerrymandering amendments.