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Ted Cruz Promoted Himself and Conservative Causes As Texas’ Solicito FORMER STATE SOLICITORS GENERAL AND OTHER STATE AG OFFICE ATTORNEYS WHO ARE ACTIVE JUDGES by Dan Schweitzer, Director and Chief Counsel, Center for Supreme Court Advocacy, National Association of Attorneys General March 18, 2021 Former State Solicitors General (and Deputy Solicitors General) Federal Courts of Appeals (11) Jeffrey Sutton – Sixth Circuit (Ohio SG) Timothy Tymkovich – Tenth Circuit (Colorado SG) Kevin Newsom – Eleventh Circuit (Alabama SG) Allison Eid – Tenth Circuit (Colorado SG) James Ho – Fifth Circuit (Texas SG) S. Kyle Duncan – Fifth Circuit (Louisiana SG) Andrew Oldham – Fifth Circuit (Texas Deputy SG) Britt Grant – Eleventh Circuit (Georgia SG) Eric Murphy – Sixth Circuit (Ohio SG) Lawrence VanDyke – Ninth Circuit (Montana and Nevada SG) Andrew Brasher – Eleventh Circuit (Alabama SG) State High Courts (6) Stephen McCullough – Virginia Supreme Court Nels Peterson – Georgia Supreme Court Gregory D’Auria – Connecticut Supreme Court John Lopez – Arizona Supreme Court Sarah Warren – Georgia Supreme Court Monica Marquez – Colorado Supreme Court (Deputy SG) State Intermediate Appellate Courts (8) Kent Cattani – Arizona Court of Appeals Karen King Mitchell – Missouri Court of Appeals Kent Wetherell – Florida Court of Appeals (Deputy SG) Scott Makar – Florida Court of Appeals Timothy Osterhaus – Florida Court of Appeals Peter Sacks – Massachusetts Court of Appeals Clyde Wadsworth – Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals Gordon Burns – California Court of Appeal (Deputy SG) Federal District Court (11) Gary Feinerman – Northern District of Illinois Brian Morris – District of Montana Daniel Domenico – District of Colorado Cam Barker – Eastern District of Texas (Deputy SG) Allen Winsor – Northern District of Florida Corey Maze –Northern District of Alabama Douglas Cole – Southern District of Ohio Lee Rudofsky – Eastern District of Arkansas Patrick Wyrick – Western District of Oklahoma Toby Crouse – District of Kansas Kristi Haskins Johnson – Southern District of Mississippi Other Former AGO Members Who Are Now Judges United States Supreme Court (3) Clarence Thomas (Missouri Assistant AG) David Souter (retired) (New Hampshire AG) Sandra Day O’Connor (retired) (Arizona Assistant AG) Federal Courts of Appeals (11) Edward Carnes – Eleventh Circuit (Chief of Post-Litigation Division, Alabama AGO) Karen LeCraft Henderson – D.C. Circuit (Director of Criminal Division, South Carolina AGO) Judith Rogers – D.C. Circuit (DC Corporation Counsel) Diana Gribbon Motz – Fourth Circuit (Chief of Litigation, Maryland AGO) Mike Fisher – Third Circuit (Pennsylvania AG) Jeffrey Howard – First Circuit (New Hampshire AG) William Pryor – Eleventh Circuit (Alabama AG) Kathleen O’Malley – Federal Circuit (First Assistant Attorney General, Ohio AGO) Greg Phillips – Tenth Circuit (Wyoming AG) Don Willett – Fifth Circuit (Texas Deputy AG – Legal Counsel) Mark Bennett – Ninth Circuit (Hawaii AG) Federal District Courts (3) Jack Tunheim – District of Minnesota (Chief Deputy) Laura Smith Camp – District of Nebraska (Chief Deputy for Criminal Matters) Allison Nathan – Southern District of New York (Special AAG) State High Courts (16) Leigh Saufley – Maine Supreme Court (Deputy AG) Donald Alexander – Maine Supreme Court (Deputy AG) Mary Ellen Barbera – Maryland Court of Appeals (Deputy Chief, Criminal Appeals) Mike McGrath – Montana Supreme Court (AG) Bill Mims – Virginia Supreme Court (AG and Chief Deputy) Vanessa Ruiz – D.C. Court of Appeals (Corporation Counsel) Jeffrey Boyd – Texas Supreme Court (Deputy AG for General Litigation) Jimmy Blacklock – Texas Supreme Court (Deputy AG for Legal Counsel) Margaret Chutich – Minnesota Supreme Court (Deputy AG) Geoffrey Slaughter – Indiana Supreme Court (Special Counsel to AG) Robert McDonald – Maryland Court of Appeals (Principal Counsel) David Thomson – New Mexico Supreme Court (Deputy AG) Stuart Rabner – New Jersey Supreme Court (AG) Carlos Muniz – Florida Supreme Court (Deputy AG and Chief of Staff) Gordon MacDonald – New Hampshire Supreme Court (AG) Rachel Wainer Apter – New Jersey Supreme Court (Head of Civil Rights Division) (nominated) State Intermediate Courts (31) Kathryn Graeff – Maryland Court of Special Appeals (Chief, Criminal Division) Fred Voros – Utah Court of Appeals (Chief, Criminal Appeals) Randolph Beales – Virginia Court of Appeals (AG and Chief Deputy) Peter Siggins – California Court of Appeal (Chief Deputy) Joseph Yannotti – New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division (member of NJ AGO) Natalie Hudson – Minnesota Court of Appeals (Assistant AG, criminal appeals) Clayton Roberts – Florida Court of Appeals (Executive Deputy AG) Joseph Lewis – Florida Court of Appeals (Chief, Employment Litigation/Civil Litigation Section) Lori Rowe – Florida Court of Appeals (Deputy Chief of Staff) Thomas Winokur – Florida Court of Appeals (Assistant AG, criminal appeals) Mary Tabor – Iowa Court of Appeals (Assistant AG, criminal unit) Andy Bennett – Tennessee Court of Appeals (Chief Deputy) Jim Humes – California Court of Appeal (Chief Deputy) Fred Voros – Utah Court of Appeals (Chief of Criminal Appeals) Randy Howe – Arizona Court of Appeals (Chief, Criminal Division) Doug Kossler – Alaska Court of Appeals (Chief, Criminal Appeals) Kathryn Graeff – Maryland Court of Special Appeals (Chief, Criminal Appeals) Matthew Fader – Maryland Court of Special Appeals (Chief, Civil Litigation) Sookyoung Shin – Massachusetts Court of Appeals (Assistant AG) James Milkey – Massachusetts Court of Appeals (Chief, Environmental Protection Division) Jessica Lorello – Idaho Court of Appeals (Deputy AG) Marla Graff Decker – Virginia Court of Appeals (Deputy AG) Wesley Russell – Virginia Court of Appeals (Deputy AG) Mary Windon – Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals (Deputy AG) Paul McMurdie – Arizona Court of Appeal (Chief, Criminal Appeals) Jennifer Perkins – Arizona Court of Appeal (Assistant SG) Jeff Rose – Texas 3rd Court of Appeals (Deputy First Assistant AG) Peter Krause – California Court of Appeal (Supervising Deputy AG) Roberto Sanchez-Ramos – Puerto Rico Court of Appeals (AG and SG) Matthew Grove – Colorado Court of Appeals (Assistant SG and Senior Assistant AG) Timothy Terrell – Alaska Court of Appeals (Assistant AG) Ted Cruz Promoted Himself and Conservative Causes as Texas’ Solicito... https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/politics/ted-cruz-promoted-hi... By JONATHAN MAHLER MARCH 4, 2016 AUSTIN, Tex. — From its start in 1999, the office of the solicitor general of Texas was run by a plain-spoken Mormon, a by-the-books lawyer known for mentoring young attorneys and defending the state, whatever the political consequences. The young lawyers loved him. The state’s legal community hailed him as a man of dignity and integrity. And the office seldom showed up in the headlines. But everything changed in January 2003, when Ted Cruz took over. 1 of 9 9/5/17, 1:59 PM Ted Cruz Promoted Himself and Conservative Causes as Texas’ Solicito... https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/politics/ted-cruz-promoted-hi... Within months of his appointment to the job, Mr. Cruz, then 31, set about transforming this under-the-radar, apolitical office into an aggressively ideological, attention-grabbing one. From a nondescript government building in the shadow of the Capitol, he inserted himself into scores of politically charged cases around the country, bombarding the United States Supreme Court with amicus briefs on hot- button issues like abortion and gun control. His focus on gaining attention clashed with the sensibilities of many of the lawyers who worked for him and were accustomed to a more scrupulous and less publicity- minded approach. Before the end of his first year, half of the eight attorneys working in the office had left, raising concern inside the attorney general’s office about whether Mr. Cruz was the right choice for the job. ADVERTISEMENT But he had the personal backing of the Texas attorney general at the time, Greg Abbott, who is now the state’s governor. Mr. Abbott shared Mr. Cruz’s new, activist vision for the office and gave him a broad mandate, encouraging him not only to defend Texas, but also to look across the country for opportunities to champion conservative causes. The solicitor’s role became Mr. Cruz’s springboard, elevating him almost directly into the world of Texas politics. The conservative legal record he amassed and the connections he made in Austin helped carry him into the United States Senate in 2012 and are now helping to propel his presidential candidacy. One of his biggest donors has said that he was inspired entirely by Mr. Cruz’s history as Texas’ in- house legal scholar. “He turned a little post in Austin into a nationally significant position,” said James C. Ho, who succeeded Mr. Cruz as solicitor general. The office also became an instrument of Mr. Cruz’s ambitions. In 2006, The Austin-American Statesman published a front-page profile of him, with the headline, “In State Politics, His Star Is Rising.” “In the fullness of time, my plan for Ted would be for him to be the governor of Texas,” said a quote in the article by Charles J. Cooper, the former head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel in the Reagan administration, and one of Mr. Cruz’s political mentors. The small team of lawyers in Mr. Cruz’s office figured his sights were set higher: They joked, even back then, about whether his Canadian birth certificate might one 2 of 9 9/5/17, 1:59 PM Ted Cruz Promoted Himself and Conservative Causes as Texas’ Solicito... https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/05/us/politics/ted-cruz-promoted-hi..
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