Amir Ali (lawyer)

After attending Harvard Law School, Ali served as a law clerk for Judge Raymond C. Fisher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Marshall Rothstein of the Supreme Court of Canada.[2] Ali previously practiced at the law firm Jenner & Block, where he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court as a fifth-year associate.[10]

• In 2022, Ali argued for the petitioner in Thompson v. Clark, and obtained a 6-3 majority opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh recognizing a federal cause of action against police officers who pursue false charges against someone.
• Ali argued for the petitioner in Garza v. Idaho,[11] and obtained a 6-3 majority opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court establishing that a criminal defendant has the constitutional right to an appeal that has been forfeited by his attorney, even if the defendant's plea agreement states that it waives the right of appeal.
• Ali argued for the petitioner in Welch v. United States,[12] and obtained a 7-1 majority opinion written by Justice Anthony Kennedy in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that prisoners who were sentenced to unconstitutional mandatory minimums were retroactively entitled to resentencing or release.[13]
• Ali represented the petitioner in Brumfield v. Cain,[14] in which the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Louisiana death-row prisoner Kevan Brumfield and held that he was categorically ineligible for execution because he had an intellectually disability.[14]
• Ali represented Louisiana prisoner Corey Williams before the U.S. Supreme Court.[15] Williams had been wrongfully convicted of capital murder at the age of 16, and spent over twenty years at Angola Penitentiary.[15]
• Ali filed a brief on behalf of the MacArthur Justice Center in Hawaii v. Trump, documenting President Trump's record of statements about Muslim people.[16] Justice Sonia Sotomayor cited Ali's brief in her dissenting opinion.[17]