Kufere Laing
Kufere Laing
Biography
Kufere is a former D.C. Circuit law clerk whose practice focuses on appellate litigation. A highly skilled brief writer, Kufere's engaging prose weaves complex legal principles with client-focused narratives to produce favorable results. His appellate work spans a range of subject areas: copyright and patent law, administrative law, antitrust, securities, and questions of statutory and constitutional interpretation. Kufere has been the lead drafter of briefs in federal and state courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He is part of the appellate team representing ROSS Intelligence in a closely watched Third Circuit copyright appeal. The team's briefing was noted by legal writing expert Ross Guberman, who described it as "superb" and "outstanding."
In his first year of private practice, Kufere successfully represented two of California's largest school districts before California's First Appellate District in an important case regarding noncitizen residents' right to vote in local school board elections under the California Constitution and state law.
Kufere is also an active member of the legal academy. He currently teaches first year civil procedure at Howard University School of Law, and his legal scholarship has been cited by at least one federal court.
Before joining White & Case, Kufere taught middle school United States history in Detroit, Michigan, worked as a community advocate at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Jackson, Mississippi, and served as a law clerk to Judge Robert L. Wilkins of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Kufere is one of seven students in Howard University School of Law's history to graduate summa cum laude.