ACS Florida: A look inside a U.S. Supreme Court case

Florida appellate lawyer Bryan Gowdy will talk about arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in January 2022 in Gallardo v. Marstiller, a case asking whether the Medicaid Act allows a state to recover Medicaid payments for past medical expenses from a plaintiff’s tort recovery for future medical expense.

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Bryan Gowdy is a board-certified appellate lawyer with a statewide practice who has argued scores of cases before state and federal appellate courts. He has also argued two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including Graham v. Florida, which applied the Eighth Amendment for the first time to a non-capital punishment, and declared unconstitutional all life-without-parole sentences imposed on juveniles for non-homicides.

Bryan graduated first in his class from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and served as an editor on the Law Review. He clerked for U.S. District Judge Maurice Paul and U.S. Circuit Judge Susan Black of the Eleventh Circuit. He graduated from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and served as an active-duty surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy.

Suggested Reading Materials:

• 6 articles here: https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/gallardo-v-marstiller/

• https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-1263.html

• Oral Argument: https://www.c-span.org/video/?516998-1/gallardo-v-marstiller-oral-argument

• Documents listed here: https://www.citizen.org/litigation/gallardo-v-marstiller/

• DOJ Brief: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/briefs/2021/11/02/20-1263tsacunitedstates.pdf

• https://www.wlrn.org/news/2021-12-28/u-s-supreme-court-to-take-up-florida-medicaid-fight