Noel Francisco
| Noel Francisco | |
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Solicitor General of the United States Nominee |
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Taking office TBD* |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding | Jeff Wall (Acting) |
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In office January 23, 2017 – March 10, 2017 Acting |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Ian Gershengorn (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Wall (Acting) |
| Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States | |
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In office January 23, 2017 – March 10, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Ian Gershengorn |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Wall |
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| Born |
Noel John Francisco August 21, 1969 Oswego, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Chicago (BA, JD) |
| *Pending Senate confirmation | |
Noel John Francisco (born August 21, 1969) is an American attorney and Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. He is the nominee to be Solicitor General of the United States in the Donald Trump administration.
Francisco was born on August 21, 1969, in Oswego, New York. He received his B.A. degree with honors in 1991 from the University of Chicago. He received his Juris Doctor with high honors in 1996 from the University of Chicago Law School. After law school, Francisco served as a law clerk for Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and then for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1997 term.
Francisco began his legal career at Cooper, Carvin, & Rosenthal, now known as Cooper & Kirk. In 2001, he was appointed as Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush in the Office of Counsel to the President. He later moved to the Office of Legal Counsel for the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice, serving in that capacity from 2003 until 2005. That year he moved to the private sector, joining the major Washington, D.C. law firm Jones Day, eventually becoming the chair of the firm's Government Regulation Practice. He remained with Jones Day until his appointment as Principal Deputy Solicitor General. During his tenure at Jones Day, he appeared several times before the Supreme Court, including in McDonnell v. United States, which involved the meaning of “official act” under federal bribery statutes; Zubik v. Burwell, which involved the application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to regulations related to insurance coverage for contraception; and NLRB v. Noel Canning, which involved the Constitution’s recess appointment power. He has also argued numerous cases in the lower federal and state courts on a wide range of constitutional, civil, and criminal matters. Francisco has served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General for the United States since January 23, 2017.
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