Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
In office June 9, 2011 – August 26, 2011
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Leondra Kruger (acting)
Succeeded by
Sri Srinivasan
In office February 3, 2009 – May 17, 2010
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Daryl Joseffer
Succeeded by
Leondra Kruger (acting)
Solicitor General of the United States
Acting May 17, 2010 – June 9, 2011
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Elena Kagan
Succeeded by
Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Personal details
Born
Neal Kumar Katyal
(1970-03-12) March 12, 1970 (age 54) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political party
Democratic[1]
Relatives
Sonia Katyal (sister)
Education
Dartmouth College (BA) Yale University (JD)
Neal Katyal's voice
Neal Katyal's opening statements to the Supreme Court in Babcock v. Kijakazi Recorded October 13, 2021
Neal Kumar Katyal (born March 12, 1970) is an American appellate lawyer and professor of law. He is a partner at the Hogan Lovells law firm and is the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University Law Center.[2][3] During the Obama administration, Katyal served as Acting Solicitor General of the United States from May 2010[4] until June 2011. Previously, Katyal served as a lawyer in the Solicitor General's office and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice.
Katyal has argued more cases in the Supreme Court of the United States than any other minority group lawyer.[5] He has described himself as an "extremist centrist".[6]
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^"Prof. Neal K. Katyal". Archived from the original on December 9, 2014.
^Rajghatta, Chidanand (May 19, 2010). "PIO Neal Katyal poised to become US solicitor general". The Times of India. Times News Network. Archived from the original on May 22, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
^Weiss, Debra Cassens (December 1, 2017). "BigLaw partner breaks a record held by Thurgood Marshall". ABA Journal. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^Haniffa, Aziz (March 18, 2019). "Neal Katyal emerges as the most consequential interpreter of Robert Mueller's investigation". IndiaAbroad.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
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the United States Jeffrey Wall and attorney for the state of Hawaii, NealKatyal, appeared before Circuit Judges Ronald M. Gould, Michael Daly Hawkins...
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inaccuracies and intentional falsehoods". In May 2011, U.S. Solicitor General NealKatyal, after a year of investigation, found Charles Fahy had intentionally...
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