Areas of Focus
Liz Deutsch focuses on appeals, administrative law, and complex civil litigation. Liz's practice spans all manner of issues and appeals work, including leading strategy and briefing at every level of the federal judiciary. She has argued multiple matters in the federal courts of appeals and authored cert-stage and merits briefs in the US Supreme Court.
Liz brings particular strength to administrative-law litigation, with extensive experience designing litigation strategy and briefing cases involving agency action at the district-court and appellate levels. She has led cutting-edge cases involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of the Interior (DOI), and other federal agencies. In addition, Liz advises clients on how to navigate challenging and changing legal and regulatory landscapes.
Liz maintains an active pro bono practice, developing, briefing, and prevailing in affirmative civil rights litigation on issues ranging from immigration to criminal justice, voting rights, gender equality, and racial justice.
Prior to joining Jenner, Liz clerked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the US Supreme Court. She also previously served as a law clerk to Judge Cornelia T.L. Pillard of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and Judge J. Paul Oetken of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
She graduated from Yale Law School, where she was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. Prior to law school, Liz was a Marshall Scholar, and she earned master's degrees from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She received her BA, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University.
Areas of Focus
Representative Matters
- Won an appeal before the Sixth Circuit defending critical and complex FCC regulations on behalf of cable industry clients.
- Won an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on a novel statutory interpretation and jurisdictional issue, avoiding circuit split.
- Prevailed in the Fourth Circuit on two separate appeals, vacating the largest-ever certified class in data-breach litigation, encompassing over 100 million individual records.
- Secured dismissal of a private non-delegation doctrine claim against financial self-regulatory organizations implementing important SEC security programs.
- Won a major takings case on behalf of Hurricane Harvey victims before the Federal Circuit, setting critical precedent for future claims by disaster victims.
- Successfully defended a state's truck tolls against a dormant Commerce Clause challenge before the First Circuit.
- Won an appeal in the Second Circuit on the scope of arbitration clauses, resulting in reversal of the district court and successful enforcement of arbitration agreement.
Credentials
Service / Recognition
Overview
Liz Deutsch focuses on appeals, administrative law, and complex civil litigation. Liz's practice spans all manner of issues and appeals work, including leading strategy and briefing at every level of the federal judiciary. She has argued multiple matters in the federal courts of appeals and authored cert-stage and merits briefs in the US Supreme Court.
Liz brings particular strength to administrative-law litigation, with extensive experience designing litigation strategy and briefing cases involving agency action at the district-court and appellate levels. She has led cutting-edge cases involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of the Interior (DOI), and other federal agencies. In addition, Liz advises clients on how to navigate challenging and changing legal and regulatory landscapes.
Liz maintains an active pro bono practice, developing, briefing, and prevailing in affirmative civil rights litigation on issues ranging from immigration to criminal justice, voting rights, gender equality, and racial justice.
Prior to joining Jenner, Liz clerked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the US Supreme Court. She also previously served as a law clerk to Judge Cornelia T.L. Pillard of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and Judge J. Paul Oetken of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
She graduated from Yale Law School, where she was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. Prior to law school, Liz was a Marshall Scholar, and she earned master's degrees from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She received her BA, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University.
Areas of Focus
Representative Matters
- Won an appeal before the Sixth Circuit defending critical and complex FCC regulations on behalf of cable industry clients.
- Won an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on a novel statutory interpretation and jurisdictional issue, avoiding circuit split.
- Prevailed in the Fourth Circuit on two separate appeals, vacating the largest-ever certified class in data-breach litigation, encompassing over 100 million individual records.
- Secured dismissal of a private non-delegation doctrine claim against financial self-regulatory organizations implementing important SEC security programs.
- Won a major takings case on behalf of Hurricane Harvey victims before the Federal Circuit, setting critical precedent for future claims by disaster victims.
- Successfully defended a state's truck tolls against a dormant Commerce Clause challenge before the First Circuit.
- Won an appeal in the Second Circuit on the scope of arbitration clauses, resulting in reversal of the district court and successful enforcement of arbitration agreement.
Credentials
Admissions
- District of Columbia, 2020
- New York
Education
- Yale Law School, JD, 2016
- University of Cambridge, MPhil, Marshall Scholar, 2012
- The London School of Economics and Political Science, MS, Marshall Scholar, 2013
- Yale University, BA, summa cum laude, English and Economics, 2011
Phi Beta Kappa
Court Admissions
- US Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2020
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2023
- US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2023
- US Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2022
- US Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2019
- US Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2020
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2026
- US Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2024
- US Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2024
- US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2020
- US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2023
- US District Court, District of Columbia, 2020
- US District Court, Southern District of New York, 2019
Clerkships
- Hon. J. Paul Oetken, US District Court, Southern District of New York, 2016-2017
- Hon. Cornelia T.L. Pillard, US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2017-2018
- Hon. Stephen G. Breyer, US Supreme Court, 2021-2022
Service / Recognition
Awards
- Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2024-2025