Identified as one of 'Washington's Top Lawyers' by Washingtonian magazine (December 2004), Paul Mogin's practice involves both civil and criminal cases, with a special emphasis on criminal appeals and challenges to awards of punitive damages. He argued Cleveland v. United States, 531 U.S. 12 (2000), in which the United States Supreme Court held that the federal mail fraud statute does not reach false statements in an application for a state license. He has also argued or briefed cases in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Federal, and District of Columbia Circuits, as well as in various state appellate courts. Mr. Mogin has written amicus curiae briefs for the American Bar Association in Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter, 130 S.Ct. 599 (2009), and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Castro v. United States, 540 U.S. 375 (2003), and Wyoming v. Houghton, 526 U.S. 295 (1999). He joined Williams & Connolly LLP in 1981 and has been a partner since 1989.

Representative cases: Bradley v. Am. Household, Inc., 378 F.3d 373 (4th Cir. 2004); Swank v. Sverdlin, 121 S.W.3d 785 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, pet. denied); Cleveland v. United States, 531 U.S. 12 (2000); United States v. Hsu, 155 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 1998); Harding v. Tambrands Inc., 165 F.R.D. 623 (D. Kan. 1996); Dunn v. HOVIC, 1 F.3d 1371 (3d Cir. 1993) (en banc); North v. Walsh, 881 F.2d 1088 (D.C. Cir. 1989); Washington Post Co. v. U.S. Dep't of HHS, 865 F.2d 320 (D.C. Cir. 1989).