Nicholas J. Caluda

Nico Caluda is Of Counsel in Quinn Emanuel’s Houston office. Nico has extensive experience in the firm’s appellate and commercial litigation practices. He is an expert at distilling complex legal issues and intricate facts into winning briefs and motions that tell compelling stories. His expertise spans across many areas of the law, including contract disputes, mass torts, arbitrations, intellectual property, bankruptcy, and constitutional law. Nico has drafted briefs at every level of the federal and Texas court systems. He has served as counsel in merits cases before the United States Supreme Court, most recently in Ellingburg v. United States and Glossip v. Oklahoma, and before the Texas Supreme Court, most recently in TotalEnergies v. MP Gulf of Mexico, LLC. He has argued appeals in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Fifth Circuits and motions in Texas federal and state courts. Nico also maintains an active trial practice, often drafting jury instructions, crafting in-trial briefs, and preparing witnesses for direct examinations.

Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel, he clerked for the Honorable Edith Brown Clement on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and for the Honorable Marina Garcia Marmolejo on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He is a member of the Texas Bar and Louisiana Bar, as well as many federal courts.