Fate of Millions of Veterans' Educational Benefits Lies With Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's highest court will now decide whether millions of veterans are eligible to receive expanded educational benefits as oral arguments in Rudisill v. McDonough concluded today. The case was brought by FBI Special Agent James R. Rudisill, a decorated U.S. Army veteran, against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) and seeks to resolve how many months of educational benefits a veteran is entitled to under two different GI Bills.
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's highest court will now decide whether millions of veterans are eligible to receive expanded educational benefits as oral arguments in Rudisill v. McDonough concluded today.
- Eight years ago, Timothy McHugh , of Troutman Pepper, and David DePippo , of Dominion Energy, began representing Mr. Rudisill pro bono.
- Now before the U.S. Supreme Court, Troutman Pepper attorneys Misha Tseytlin , Kevin LeRoy , Abbey Thornhill , Trey Smith , Sean Dutton , and Carson Cox , among others, joined the team to support Mr. Rudisill's, and many other veterans' cause.
- "I am grateful to my pro bono legal team who has been by my side every step of the way."