Curtis E. Gannon (born October 7, 1973) is an American lawyer. He is a Deputy Solicitor General, a career position, in the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States. He previously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice. He was appointed to this position on January 20, 2017, by President Donald Trump.[1]
Curtis E. Gannon | |
|---|---|
| Acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel[1] | |
| In office January 20, 2017 – November 13, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Karl R. Thompson (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Steven Engel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 7, 1973[2] Imperial, California, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of London (MA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Early life and education
editGannon graduated from Harvard University in 1994 and earned his master's degree at University of London, before earning a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review) in 1998.
Legal career
editPrior to assuming office as acting head of the Office of Legal Counsel, Gannon was assistant to the Solicitor General.[3][4] Before that, Gannon was in private practice at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Gannon clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the 2004 Term, and Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones.[1][5]
In 2014, Gannon argued the work shift case of Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk on behalf of the Government. In oral argument, Justice Kagan posed a hypothetical to him: There was a federal judge in New York "ages ago . . . who had his clerks — all that they did was help him with his opinions and his cases and that was their principal activity — but had his clerks come early in order to cut his grapefruit and otherwise make breakfast for him."[6] Is cutting grapefruit compensable? The identity of the judge whose clerks prepared grapefruit was later revealed as Edward Weinfeld of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.[7]
On 27 January 2017, Gannon issued a memorandum approving the legality of Executive Order 13769, the controversial "refugee ban" limiting immigration from seven countries.[8]
Upon the confirmation of Steven Engel on November 7, 2017, Gannon's tenure as Acting Assistant Attorney General concluded.[9] In August 2020, he returned to the Office of the Solicitor General as a career Deputy.[10]
Gannon is a member of the American Law Institute.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Meet the Leadership". justice.gov. United States Department of Justice. January 20, 2017. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
- ^ California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Barnes, Robert (November 8, 2016). "Supreme Court seems to favor Miami suing banks whose lending practices led to neighborhood blight". Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Mann, Ronald (April 26, 2016). "Argument analysis: Justices struggle to read 'tea leaves' in Congress's slipshod drafting of Patent Act provisions for inter partes review". SCOTUS blog. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Lat, David (January 20, 2017). "D-Day At DOJ: The Trump Administration's 'Beachhead' Team For The Justice Department". Above the Law. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Barnes, Robert (October 8, 2014). "When do work shifts actually end? Supreme Court hears Amazon warehouse case". Washington Post. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Lat, David (October 9, 2014). "A Blind Item Revealed: A Judge Whose Clerks Must Cut His Grapefruit". Above the Law. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Reilly, Ryan J. (February 2, 2017). "DOJ Releases Legal Memo That Approved Trump's Refugee Ban". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
- ^ "McCain opposes Trump nominee over torture memos". POLITICO. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ^ "Friday round-up". August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Elected member: Curtis E. Gannon". ALI.org. American Law Institute. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
External links
edit- "Cases argued by Curtis Gannon before the U.S. Supreme Court". Oyez.com. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- "Videos of Curtis Gannon, including oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court". C-Span. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- Gannon, Curtis E. (January 27, 2017). "U.S. Department of Justice memorandum: Proposed Executive Order Entitled, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States"" (PDF). Clearinghouse.net. Retrieved June 6, 2017.