Paul Alessio Mezzina

Partner Trial and Global Disputes

Washington, D.C.: +1 202 626 8988 [email protected]

As a partner in our Appellate, Constitutional and Administrative Law practice, Paul Mezzina focuses on appeals, critical motions and strategic counseling in connection with complex litigation.

Paul represents clients in a variety of matters, including those involving the False Claims Act, patents and trademarks, class actions, medical drugs and devices, professional liability, and energy regulation.

Paul has authored briefs in numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals and federal trial courts, and has successfully presented oral argument in the Second, Eleventh, D.C. and Federal Circuits.

Paul is one of few attorneys in the country to have clerked for three U.S. Supreme Court Justices— then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh (on the D.C. Circuit), the late Justice Antonin Scalia and most recently, Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Credentials EDUCATION J.D., Harvard University, magna cum laude A.B., Harvard University, cum laude

ADMISSIONS U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Supreme Court of the United States U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 1 www.kslaw.com 1 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit U.S. District Court for the Central District of California U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia California District of Columbia

CLERKSHIPS Law Clerk, Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States Law Clerk, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Law Clerk, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court of the United States

LANGUAGES Italian

Insights CLIENT ALERT July 30, 2020 Trump Administration Continues to Promote Drug Importation as a Way to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs

News CASES & DEALS King & Spalding Trial Team Earns $84.9M Jury Verdict on Behalf of BASF

IN THE NEWS September 15, 2021 • Source: Law360, Reuters, The AmLaw Litigation Daily and Global Competition Review Tom Friel, Jim Brogan, Brian Eutermoser, Angela Tarasi, Mikaela Stone, Norm Armstrong, Paul Mezzina, Chris Yook, Joseph Eng and Emily Chen counsel BASF before a Delaware federal court, which awarded the company $28.2M in damages

RECOGNITION July 29, 2021 Benchmark Litigation Names Six King & Spalding Partners to its 40 & Under Hot List

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