Elizabeth Prelogar

Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar is an American attorney serving as the acting Solicitor General of the United States.

Elizabeth Prelogar
Acting Solicitor General of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Jeff Wall (Acting)
Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Jeff Wall
Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Barchas
Education	Emory University (BA) University of St Andrews (MA) Harvard University (JD)

Early life and education

Prelogar was raised in Boise, Idaho.[1] She received her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Emory University, where she was a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, her Master of Arts from the University of St Andrews, and her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. She is fluent in Russian. While at Harvard, she won an Overseas Press Club scholarship to study Russian media and censorship.[2]

Career

Prelogar began her career as a law clerk to Judge Merrick Garland of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and later to Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was then an associate at Hogan Lovells. From 2014 to 2019, Prelogar was an Assistant to the Solicitor General. She was briefly detailed to the Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election. In 2020, she joined Cooley LLP as a partner. She was named Principal Deputy Solicitor General by President Joe Biden in January 2021.[3]

Personal life

Prelogar was Miss Idaho in 2004.[4]

References

1. "Work-Life Imbalance: Pandemic Disruption Places New Stresses on Women Lawyers". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
2. Amy Siskind, The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year, Kindle edition, No. 28
3. Coyle, Marcia; Barber, C. Ryan (January 19, 2021). "Cooley's Elizabeth Prelogar Will Return to DOJ Solicitor Office as Top Deputy". law.com. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
4. Chen, Vivia; June 20, The Careerist |; PM, 2017 at 03:21. "This Beauty Queen Turned DOJ Lawyer Could Mean Trouble for Trump". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 2021-01-31.

External links

• Appearances at the U.S. Supreme Court from the Oyez Project
• Appearances on C-SPAN