- Latham & Watkins Greg Garre will argue before the Supreme Court for the 50th time, and he still has the same nervous energy as when he appeared before the justices for the first time 25 years ago.
- “As a lawyer, it’s probably the most exposed that you can be,” he said. “It’s you standing up there in front of the nine of the most brilliant legal minds in the world.” Still, the excitement of being up there is why he “keeps going back for more punishment.”
- The club of people with 50 arguments includes longtime government lawyers Edwin Kneedler, Michael Dreeben, and Malcolm Stewart. Private attorneys Paul Clement, Lisa Blatt, Neal Katyal, Seth Waxman, Donald Verrilli, and Jeffrey Fisher are also on the list.
- the best thing about being solicitor general is that the justices call you “general.”
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