Names in the Mix for Solicitor General, ranked by order of my initial preference

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Neal Katyal, Acting Solicitor General and Professor at Georgetown University Law School
Won Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in the United States Supreme Court
Former clerk for Justice Breyer
38 Years Old



Preeta Bansal, General Counsel and Senior Policy Adviser Office, OMB
Former Solicitor General of the State of New York and Clerk for Justice Stevens
42 Years Old



Patricia Millett, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Former Assistant to the Solicitor General
47 Years Old



Beth Brinkmann, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ
52 Years Old



David Frederick, Partner, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel PLLC
Former Assistant to the Solicitor General, DOJ



Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington
Former Washington Attorney General
63 Years Old


Sources

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202458107107&Jockeying_Begins_for_Solicitor_General_Job
http://www.mainjustice.com/2010/05/13/more-names-in-the-sg-mix/
http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/05/the-morning-wrap-3.html

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1. Would Obama use the Solicitor General's office to spring board another Justice? Maybe.

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3. If so, he should go with Preeta Bansal

There would be HUGE demographic advantages with such an appointment.

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2. Neal Katyal sounds super