Amit R. Vora, Chair of the firm’s Appellate & Constitutional Litigation practice group, focuses his practice on complex litigation in federal and state courts, with a particular emphasis on appellate litigation.  His experience includes representing companies and individuals in administrative, commercial, and intellectual property disputes, as well as matters involving the First Amendment, separation of powers, due process, and other constitutional issues.

Amit has extensive experience litigating before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state appellate courts across the country.  He has filed several scores of appellate briefs, and he has presented numerous oral arguments, including before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, and D.C. Circuits, and dozens of times before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division.

Amit previously served as Assistant Solicitor General with the New York State Attorney General’s Office.  There, he litigated federal and state appeals involving administrative and constitutional issues.

Amit was also a supervising attorney and teaching fellow with Georgetown University Law Center’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic, and he clerked for the Honorable Edward C. Prado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Amit has authored several practice-oriented and scholarly pieces, including “The Overlooked Equitable Path to Article III,” Notice & Comment, Yale Journal on Regulation (2025); “The Third Circuit’s Sun Valley Decision: An Illumination of Jarkesy’s Article III Implications,” Washington Legal Foundation (2025); “What Grayscale’s Victory in Bitcoin Case Means for Crypto Market,” Bloomberg Law (2023); “Constitutional Crowding and Article II,” 85 Albany Law Review 857 (2022); and “Defending an Under-21 Firearm Ban Under the Second Amendment,” 71 Stanford Law Review Online 1 (2018).  

A frequent lecturer on appellate advocacy and other topics, Amit’s recent engagements include speaking on appellate trends in commercial litigation at the New York State Judicial Institute’s Judicial Seminar Series (2025), debating federal appellate procedure at a Federalist Society event (2025) and presenting on a panel on civil appeals and argument at the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial Litigation Academy (2024).  

Amit is active in bar associations and legal committees.  He is Director of the South Asian Bar Association of New York and Chair of its Judiciary Committee, which vets and endorses candidates for federal and state judgeships.  In addition, he serves The Appellate Project as a mentor, and he serves on the pro bono panels for the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Circuits.

Amit was recognized on Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Litigators in America 2026 list.  He holds a certificate in Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton’s Executive Education Program.