Gregory G. Katsas

Katsas as Acting Associate Attorney General

Katsas was born in 1964 in Boston to Greek immigrant parents.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude from Princeton University and a Juris Doctor cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was executive editor of the Harvard Law Review and an editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.[3][4][5]

Early in his career, he served as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, both at the District of Columbia Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, and to Judge Edward Roy Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[6][5] From 2001 to 2009, he served in many senior positions in the United States Department of Justice, including Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division and Acting Associate Attorney General.[5]

Prior to joining the White House Counsel's Office, he was a partner at Jones Day, where he specialized in civil and appellate litigation.[7] He has argued more than 75 appeals, including three cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. [5]

On September 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Katsas to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to the seat vacated by Judge Janice Rogers Brown, who retired on August 31, 2017.[8][9] On October 17, 2017, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[10] On November 9, 2017, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–9 roll call vote.[11][12] On November 27, 2017, the United States Senate voted to invoke cloture by a party line vote of 52–48.[13] On November 28, 2017, by a party line vote except for John Neely Kennedy R-LA and Joe Manchin D-WV, with Bob Corker and John McCain absent, the Senate voted to confirm Katsas by a vote of 50–48.[14] He received his judicial commission on December 8, 2017.

In 2017, Katsas recused himself from matters regarding the Mueller's probe on which he personally worked, but said he would consider the facts of a case before making a decision.[15]

He has been a member of the Federalist Society since 1989.[16]

In 2009, he was awarded the Edmund Randolph award for outstanding service, the highest award bestowed by the United States Department of Justice.[5]

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

• Gregory G. Katsas at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
• Biography at U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Gregory G. Katsas at Ballotpedia
• Appearances at the U.S. Supreme Court from the Oyez Project
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Articles about Greg Katsas. AbovetheLaw.com.