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The solicitor general is assisted by four deputy solicitors general and seventeen assistants to the solicitor general. Three of the deputies are career attorneys in the Department of Justice. The remaining deputy is known as the principal deputy, sometimes called the political deputy and, like the solicitor general, typically leaves at the end ...
Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar (born March 7, 1980; née Elizabeth Margaret Barchas) [3] is an American lawyer who served as solicitor general of the United States from 2021 to 2025. Prior to this, she served as acting solicitor general from January 20, 2021, [ 4 ] at the start of the Biden administration , until President Joe Biden sent her ...
As well as the Sovereign's Solicitor General, the Prince of Wales and a Queen consort (when the Sovereign is male) are also entitled to have an Attorney and Solicitor General, though the present Prince of Wales has only an Attorney General and no Solicitor General. The Solicitor General is addressed in court as "Mr Solicitor" or "Ms Solicitor ...
A solicitor general is a government official who serves as the chief representative of the government in courtroom proceedings. In systems based on the English common law that have an attorney general or equivalent position, the solicitor general is often the second-ranked law officer of the state and a deputy of the attorney general. The ...
U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar has urged the Supreme Court to allow climate lawsuits, such as one brought by Honolulu, to proceed under state tort law, despite past federal precedent ...
On June 2, 2016, it was announced that Donald B. Verrilli Jr. was stepping down as Solicitor General and that Gershengorn would become Acting Solicitor General effective June 25, 2016, [8] which he remained until resigning at the end of Obama's term on January 20, 2017 because the Republican Senate majority did not act on any replacement.
On Dec. 10, the solicitor general filed two briefs in climate change cases, supporting a continuation of a chaotic flurry of state climate change litigation across the country.
The solicitor general is the state's chief appellate attorney. Rice will manage all litigation in state and federal appeals courts and oversee all published opinions by the attorney general.