Please answer the following question: Facts: - employer: williams & connolly llp - name: kannon shanmugam - occupation: lawyer - birth place: lawrence , kansas - alma mater: harvard j.d. -rrb- university -lrb- a.b. -rrb- harvard law school -lrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of kannon shanmugam .
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kannon shanmugam -lrb- born 1972 -rrb- is a partner at the law firm of williams & connolly , focusing on supreme court and appellate litigation .he has argued 17 cases before the supreme court , recently breaking the record set by edward bennett williams for the most supreme court arguments by a lawyer in the firm 's history .shanmugam recently argued on behalf of the debtors in '' clark v. rameker , '' a case on the treatment of inherited iras in bankruptcy .shanmugam also represented the defendant in '' maryland v. king '' , a case on the constitutionality of dna testing of arrestees .shanmugam joined williams & connolly on october 6 , 2008 , and was the first partner from outside the firm in 22 years .he previously served as an assistant to the solicitor general of the united states .before joining the office of the solicitor general , he was an associate at the law firm of kirkland & ellis .he served as a law clerk to justice antonin scalia on the united states supreme court and judge j. michael luttig on the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit .