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Anthony R. Holtzman

In the United States Supreme Court, helped to represent the Pennsylvania Senate’s Majority Leader and Republican Caucus in filing an amicus brief in which they argued for a reversal of a North Carolina Supreme Court decision to throw out a legislatively-drawn congressional district map and replace it with one that the state’s judiciary drafted. In the amicus brief, the Majority Leader and Republican Caucus discussed Pennsylvania’s recent redistricting history and illustrated some of the anti-democratic consequences that can occur when state court justices take on the role of drawing congressional districts, which is a role that the US Constitution gives to state legislatures. See Moore v. Harper, 143 S.Ct. 2065 (2023).
Convinced the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit – sitting en banc – to rule in a client’s favor in an appeal involving novel Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment issues that arose out of a judge’s factfinding at a sentencing hearing. See Garrus v. Sec’y of the Pa. Dep’t of Corr., 694 F.3d 394 (3d Cir. 2012).
In the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, successfully helped to represent the President pro tempore and Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate in a case in which, due to an impasse between the state’s General Assembly and Governor, the court had to select a congressional district plan from among various options that the parties and amici had submitted to it. See Carter v. Chapman, 270 A.3d 444 (Pa. 2022).
In the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, successfully helped to represent bi-partisan leadership of the Pennsylvania Senate in asserting that, under the Pennsylvania Constitution, the Governor’s line item vetoes in an appropriations bill and amendments to the state’s Fiscal Code were ineffective. See Scarnati v. Wolf, 173 A.3d 1110 (Pa. 2017).
In the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, successfully helped to defend the President pro tempore and Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate against a constitutional challenge to legislators’ receipt of certain employment and other benefits. See Stilp v. Commonwealth, 974 A.2d 491 (Pa. 2009).
In the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, helped to represent the President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate in a case in which she and other Pennsylvania officials and agencies were sued on grounds that the Commonwealth’s system for funding public education violated the Education Clause and equal protection principles in the Pennsylvania Constitution. Although the President pro tempore did not prevail, the Commonwealth Court credited her legal team for zealously and effectively advocating for her in a matter that involved numerous issues of first impression and one of the longest and most complex trials in the court’s history. See William Penn Sch. Dist. v. Pa. Dep’t of Educ., 294 A.3d 537 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct. 2023).
In the Commonwealth Court, successfully helped to represent the President pro tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate against a challenge to statutory provisions that preempt local gun control measures. See Crawford v. Commonwealth, 277 A.3d 649 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct. 2022).
In the Commonwealth Court, successfully helped to defend the Pennsylvania Senate against a challenge to the General Assembly’s decision to refrain from enacting legislation that would have authorized local firearms ordinances. See Clarke v. House of Representatives, 957 A.2d 361 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct. 2008).
In the Commonwealth Court, successfully helped to defend the Pennsylvania Senate and its President pro tempore against a challenge to a statute that authorized the sale of a recreational park to a private entity for private use. See Pilchesky v. Rendell, 932 A.2d 287 (Pa. Cmwlth. Ct. 2007).
Helped to represent the Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania Senate in her role as a member of the 2021 Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission, which crafted and adopted the 2021 Reapportionment Plan for the Pennsylvania Senate and Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
In the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, successfully helped to represent two gas well operators in securing the dismissal of a lawsuit regarding the Delaware River Basin Commission’s approvals for five of their exploratory gas wells. See Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Delaware River Basin Commission, 2012 WL 3638699 (D.N.J. Aug 22, 2012).
Extensive experience in providing environmental regulatory counsel to (i) oil and gas exploration and production companies that develop unconventional resources, (ii) developers of significant transmission infrastructure in the Appalachian Basin, and (iii) major industry trade associations.
Extensive experience in representing a natural gas transmission company in connection with protecting pipelines from mining-related ground subsidence.
Extensive experience in advising clients on regulatory compliance issues that arise under Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Code and the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act.
Extensive experience in advising gaming operators and suppliers with regard to federal and state statutes, including criminal anti-gambling statutes that apply to internet gaming, sports wagering, and lottery activities.
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