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Solicitor General - Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.

Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., was confirmed on June 6, 2011.  A hearing to consider the nomination was held on March 30, 2011.  An archived webcast is available.  icon_webcastThe nomination was reported by the Committee on May 12, 2011.


A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination, is available through the Government Printing Office. 

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • March 30, 2011 - Joint Letter [General Counsels: CG Appleby; Brackett B. Denniston III; Michael C. Bailey; David Ellen; Arthur R. Block; Michael D. Fricklas; Darryl M. Bradford; Marc Gary; Alan N. Braverman; Jeffrey J. Gearhart; Louis J. Birksman; Julie Jacobs; Mark Chandler; Frank R. Jimenez; Sheila C. Cheston; David G. Leitch; Richard Cotton; Sandra Leung; A. Douglas Melamed; Nicole Seligman; Randal S. Milch; Jane Sherburne; R. Hewitt Pate; Bradford L. Smith; Carol Ann Petren; Daniel E. Troy; John A. Rogovin; Kent Walker; Edward A. Ryan; Thomas L. Sager]
  • March 17, 2011 - Joint Letter from Former Solicitors General [Charles Fried; Kenneth W. Starr; Drew S. Days III; Walter E. Dellinger; Seth P. Waxman; Theodore B. Olson; Paul D. Clement; Gregory G. Garre]
  • February 10, 2011 - Joint Letter [Richard G. Taranto; Carter G. Phillips; Patricia Ann Millett; Lisa S. Blatt; Jonathan Marcus; John P. Rupp; Robert Long; Clifton S. Elgarten; Susan Hoffman; Bartow Farr; Donald Dunner; Theodore B. Olson; Miguel Estrada; Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.; Thomas G. Hungar; Thomas Goldstein; Amy Howe; Kevin Russell; H. Christopher Bartolomucci; Catherine E. Stetson; Gerold Ganzfried; Paul Smith; Donald Ayer; Craig E. Stewart; Meir Feder; David Frederick; Michale Kellogg; Aaron M. Panner; Christpher Landau; Daryl Joseffer; Richard P. Bress; Maureen E. Mahoney; Matthew Brill; Jonathan Massey; Stephen M. Shapiro; Andrew L. Frey; Andrew Pincus; Evan M. Tager; Charles Rothfeld; Lauren Rosenblum Goldman; David M. Gossett; Jeffrey W. Sarles; Jeffrey Lamken; Peter Buscemi; Allyson N. Ho; Deanne E. Maynard; Brian R. Matsui; Walter Dellinger; Sri Srinivasan; Jonathan Hacker; E. Joshua Rosenkranz; Stephen B. Kinnaird; Kevin M. Fong; Claudia W. Frost; Kathleen Sullivan; Roy Englert; Douglas H. Hallward-Driemeier; George W. Jones; Paul Zidlicky; Rebecca Wood; Jeffrey Green; Jacqueline Cooper; Peter Keisler; Eric Shumsky; Mark Haddad; Joseph Guerra; Robert Hochman; Michelle Goodman; Cliff Sloan; John Cooney; Andrew G. McBride; Helgi C. Walker; Stephen Urbanczyk; Richard Bernstein; Seth P. Waxman; Paul R.Q. Wolfson; David Ogden; Randolph Moss; David Reiser]

Elena Kagan nomination materials are available here.

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Did You Know?  The longest serving members in the history of the Senate have served on the Judiciary Committee: Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia served as Senator from Jan. 3, 1959, until June 28, 2010, and served on the Committee from Jan. 14, 2969, until Jan. 3, 1980; Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina served as Senator from Dec. 24, 1954, until April 4, 1956, and from Nov. 7, 1956, until Jan. 3, 2003, and served on the Committee from Jan. 16, 1967, until Jan. 3, 2003; and Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts served as Senator From Nov. 7, 1962, until Aug. 25., 2009, and served on the Committee from Feb. 15, 1963, until Jan. 21, 2009.

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