D.C.’s Rising Stars
Elizabeth Wydra joined appellate powerhouse Kathleen Sullivan as she launched her practice at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in 2005. But when Wydra heard about the startup of the liberal Constitutional Accountability Center in 2008, she jumped at the chance to reclaim the U.S. Constitution as a tool for progressive litigation.
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