Kannon Shanmugam

Who is Kannon Shanmugam?

Kannon Shanmugam is a partner at the law firm of Williams & Connolly, focusing on Supreme Court and appellate litigation. He has argued 13 cases before the Supreme Court, tying Edward Bennett Williams for the most by a lawyer in the firm's history. Shanmugam recently represented the defendant in Maryland v. King, a case on the constitutionality of DNA testing of arrestees.

Shanmugam joined Williams & Connolly on October 6, 2008, and was the first partner from outside the firm in 22 years. He previously served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States. Before joining the Office of the Solicitor General, he was an associate at the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis. He served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court and Judge J. Michael Luttig on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.