Denise Drake focuses her practice on appellate law and on complex commercial litigation.
Drake was a law clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, from 2016 to 2017. She was also law clerk to Judge Charles R. Breyer, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, from 2014 to 2015; and to Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, from 2013 to 2014.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2026 | Commercial Litigation, Appellate |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers | 2026 | Commercial Litigation, Appellate |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | Appellate, Complex Commercial Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2025 | Commercial Litigation, Appellate |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2025 | Energy Litigation & Appeals |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | Appellate, Complex Commercial Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2024 | Commercial Litigation, Appellate |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2024 | Energy Litigation & Appeals |
Prior to law school, Drake was an analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York on the Emerging Markets Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Desk. Drake co-founded an African investment hedge fund which is currently managed by its co-founder.