Trevor is a former Acting Solicitor General of Virginia and a litigation partner in the firm’s issues and appeals practice.

Trevor represents private and public clients in state and federal appellate courts on a wide variety of matters, frequently on issues of constitutional law. In addition to appellate litigation, Trevor handles dispositive briefing in trial courts, files amicus briefs in the US Supreme Court, Fourth Circuit, and district courts, and counsels clients on legal trends and strategy. He is admitted in the following federal courts: the Supreme Court of the United States; the US Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and DC Circuits; and the US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. He has argued in the US Supreme Court and a dozen times in the Fourth Circuit (including en banc).

Trevor also helps lead the firm’s State Attorneys General (AGs) practice, which supports clients by, among other things, educating AGs on public policy positions and cases of importance in federal appellate courts. Trevor’s contributions to this practice build on the more than four years’ experience he gained at the Virginia AG’s office, where he served as Deputy Solicitor General & Counsel to the Executive Division, Senior Appellate Counsel, and Acting Solicitor General. As chief appellate counsel for the Commonwealth of Virginia, he represented the Commonwealth and its agencies and officials in matters concerning the constitutionality of Virginia statutes and regulations or touching upon sensitive policies of the Commonwealth. He presented argument on behalf of Virginia in Collins v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 584 U.S. 586 (2018). 

During his tenure at the Virginia AG’s office, Trevor handled important litigation matters at every level of the Virginia and federal judiciaries, successfully opposing certiorari in the US Supreme Court and authoring dozens of briefs in federal courts and the Supreme Court of Virginia. In addition to personally handling litigation matters and overseeing others within the division, Trevor provided legal advice to the AG and Governor and advised other attorneys in the office on legal strategy. He also drafted numerous Opinions of the AG on matters relating to the Constitution of Virginia and state government.

Trevor previously was an associate on the firm’s corporate and securities litigation team, representing public and private companies and their officers and directors in matters related to securities, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Trevor maintains a robust pro bono practice, sits on the Virginia Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section Council, presents CLEs on appellate litigation and related topics, and is active in a variety of legal and nonprofit organizations in Virginia and beyond. For several years he served as an adjunct professor at the University of Richmond School of Law. 

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, Harvard Law School, 2009

MPhil, Historical Studies, University of Cambridge, 2003

AB, American History & Literature, Harvard University, cum laude, 2002

• Taming the Litigation Monster: The Continued Threat of Public Nuisance Litigation, U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform
• A new look at Virginia’s constitutional history, VBA Journal
• Municipality Litigation: A Continuing Threat, U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform
• Will the Show Go On? How to Deal with Unexpected Obstacles to Oral Argument, ON APPEAL
• French Fries to Fossil Fuels The Misplaced Reliance on UDAPs to Pursue Policy Agendas, U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform
• Expert Analysis: Kavanaugh Comment May Spur Crop Of Nondelegation Cases, Law360
• How the High Court May See Independent Redistricting After 2020, Law360