The Recorder reports Perkins Coie Recruits California Deputy Solicitor General in San Diego -- Josh Patashnik joined Perkins Coie on Monday. He was previously deputy solicitor general for California for more than six years.
Law360 has State Solicitors General Become A Trump Judge Pipeline -- Seven months into his presidency, more than a third of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees hailed from a pool not tapped nearly as much as his predecessors: state solicitors general. Trump, who came into office in January with 45 judicial vacancies, has named 26 nominees so far — eight of whom have served in top solicitor general roles in their states.
"In the late '80s there were only about eight states that had a solicitor general," Dan Schweitzer, director and chief counsel of the National Association of Attorneys General's Center for Supreme Court Advocacy, said at an event put on by the National Constitution Center in March 2023. "By the early 2000s, it was about half the states, about 25 states had a solicitor general. And today we're up to 44 states, plus DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, have a solicitor general."
And Law360 has Trump Says He'll Sue Over Blue-Slips
Justice Patricia Bamattre-Manoukian (Ret.) Honored with 2025 American Inns of Court Professionalism Award -- The award recognizes a lawyer or judge whose life and practice display sterling character and unquestioned integrity, coupled with ongoing dedication to the highest standards of the legal profession and the rule of law.
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