US President Donald Trump will nominate Noel Francisco as solicitor general, the government’s top legal advocate in the US Supreme Court.
The announcement was made by the White House yesterday, according to Reuters.
Francisco currently serves as acting solicitor general and has served as principal deputy solicitor general since January.
Before this, Francisco was a partner in the Washington, DC office of law firm Jones Day, where he was the chair of the firm’s government regulation practice.
He’s appeared several times before the Supreme Court.
From 2001 to 2003, Francisco served in the Office of Counsel as associate counsel to President George W Bush.
Between 2003 and 2005, he served as deputy assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel.
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