Mr. Dodge represents clients in a variety of voting rights, election, and constitutional law matters. While at ELG, Mr. Dodge has handled every aspect of complex litigation, from the pre-complaint stage through trial and appeal. Among other trial-related tasks, he has conducted major Rule 30(b)(6) depositions of public officials and examined and cross-examined expert witnesses at trial. He has also presented oral argument in several federal courts of appeal, as well as in federal and state trial courts across the country. Some of Mr. Dodge’s recent successes include:

• Serving as lead trial counsel in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, Case No. 22-cv-509 (D. Ariz.), where Mr. Dodge obtained judgment on all claims for his clients after a 10-day bench trial;
• Obtaining a preliminary injunction at oral argument in Get Loud Arkansas v. Thurston, Case No. 5:24-cv-5121 (D. Ark.);
• Devising novel First Amendment arguments and obtaining preliminary injunctions against two state attorneys general in Media Matters for America v. Paxton, et al., Case No. 24-cv-147 (D.D.C.), including one after oral argument from Mr. Dodge.
• Leading briefing in an appeal that resulted in the summary affirmance of an earlier preliminary in injunction victory in a voting rights case, Montana Pub. Int. Rsch. Grp. v. Jacobsen, No. 24-2811, 2024 WL 4023781, at *1 (9th Cir. Sept. 3, 2024).

Mr. Dodge came to ELG from the United States Department of Justice, where he served as a trial attorney in the Federal Programs Branch. While there, Mr. Dodge represented the Executive Branch in constitutional and statutory cases in courts across the country, including on matters related to abortion access, equitable COVID-19 relief, and non-discrimination in healthcare. Mr. Dodge also defeated several lawsuits from former Trump administration officials, including Sean Spicer and Roger Severino, challenging their removals by President Biden. He was awarded a special commendation for his work defending the American Rescue Plan Act. Prior to the Department of Justice, Mr. Dodge worked on intellectual property, commercial litigation, and appellate matters at WilmerHale. He was a member of the trial team that obtained a $539 million damages verdict for Apple in its long-running litigation with Samsung.  

Earlier in his career, Mr. Dodge spent two years as a law clerk, first for the Hon. Alison J. Nathan, then of the Southern District of New York, and subsequently for the Hon. Chester J. Straub of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 

Mr. Dodge attended the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and New York University School of Law, graduating magna cum laude from both schools. In law school, he worked as a research assistant to Professors Richard Pildes and Richard Epstein and served as an articles editor on the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy.