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President Obama nominates Donald Verrilli for Solicitor General position

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this post from The BLT, "President Barack Obama has tapped White House Deputy Counsel Donald Verrilli Jr. to serve as Solicitor General of the United States."  Here is more about the nomination and an account for why Acting SG Neal Katyal may not be getting the nod: If confirmed by the Senate, Verrilli would fill the position now held by acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, who stepped into the job when Solicitor General Elena Kagan was nominated to the Supreme Court. Verrilli was the former co-chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate practice group in the Washington office of Jenner & Block from 2000 until he joined the Obama Department of Justice in 2009 as an associate deputy attorney general.  While at the Justice Department, Verrilli focused on domestic and national security policy issues...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 24, 2011 (boomark / email).