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solicitor general

The second-ranking member of the US Department of Justice, charged with representing the federal government before the US Supreme Court, and any other courts, and who must approve any appeal the federal government might take to an appellate court.
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4) The Solicitor General heads a small staff of approximately twenty lawyers in the Office (four Deputy Solicitors General and roughly sixteen Assistants to the Solicitor General) who assist her in the formulation of legal positions and the drafting of briefs and certiorari-stage filings for Supreme Court cases.
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The association between King & Spalding and Solicitors General goes back nearly a century.
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2) President after president has complied with that instruction: The list of Solicitors General that follows this preface includes the names of some of this country's most distinguished lawyers.
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