Neal Katyal is the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law for Georgetown University’s Law Center and a practice lawyer and partner at Hogan Lovells. He earned his A.B. from Dartmouth College and J.D. from Yale University. He has been named Grand Prize Litigator of the Year by American Lawyer Magazine two different years - 2016 and 2017.
His career has been punctuated by significant achievements. He drafted the special counsel regulations that were used as guidelines for Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian disruptive efforts preceding the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. He has successfully defended former Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, in separate cases.
Katyal has been openly critical of prior handling of Japanese citizens by the Department of Justice and the administration and management of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, serving, in fact, as an attorney representing the rights of detainees against the United States government actions in violation of international law.
Katyal has supported the recent nominations of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. American Lawyer magazine ranks him among the top 50 litigators in the country and Legal Times has named him as among the 90 greatest lawyers of the last 30 years.
According to Wikipedia, Neal Kumar Katyal is an American corporate lawyer and academic. He is a partner at Hogan Lovells and the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University Law Center. During the Obama administration, Katyal served as Acting Solicitor General of the United States from May 2010 until June 2011. Previously, Katyal served as an attorney in the Solicitor General's office, and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the U.S. Justice Department.
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Active Avoidance: The Modern Supreme Court and Legal Change: The Supreme Court is using a traditional principle of judicial restraint to rewrite the Constitution (2015) (17)
The Surprisingly Stronger Case for the Legality of the NSA Surveillance Program: The FDR Precedent (2008) (5)
Department of Justice Oversight: Preserving Our Freedoms While Defending Against Terrorism: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on the Judiciary, 107th Cong., Dec. 6, 2001 (Statement of Neal Kumar Katyal, Prof. of Law, Geo. U. L. Center) (2001) (4)
The Solicitor General and Confession of Error (2013) (2)
Brief Amicus Curiae of Joseph R. Grodin as Amicus Curiae Supporting Neither Party (Vacatur), Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, No. 02-1624 (U.S. Dec. 19, 2003), . (2003) (2)
Implications of the Supreme Court’s Boumediene Decision for Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Hearing Before the H. Comm. on Armed Services, 110th Cong., July 30, 2008 (Statement of Neal Katyal, Prof. of Law, Geo. U. L. Center) (2008) (1)
Rethinking Legal Conservatism (2013) (1)
The Public and Private Lives of Presidents (2000) (1)
Supreme Court Preview 2012-13: International (2012) (0)
Brief of Petitioner, Engquist v. Oregon Dept. of Agriculture, No. 07-474 (U.S. Feb. 20, 2008) (2008) (0)
Foreword: Academic Influe nce on the Court (2012) (0)
Military Commissions: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Testimony Before the S. Comm. on Armed Services, 109th Cong., July 19, 2006 (Statement of Neal Kumar Katyal, Prof. of Law, Geo. U. L. Center) (2006) (0)
Supreme Court Preview 2014-2015: Congress & the Obama White House (2014) (0)
Brief of Salim Hamdan as Amicus Curiae, Boumediene v. Bush & Al Odah v. United States, Nos. 06-1195 & 06-1196 (U.S. Aug. 24, 2007) (2007) (0)
Brief of Amici Curiae Judith Areen et al., Grutter v. Bollinger, No. 02-241 (U.S. Feb. 19, 2003) (2003) (0)
Stochastic Constraint (2013) (0)
Unlawful Enemy Combatants: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on Armed Services, 110th Cong., Apr. 26, 2007 (Statement of Neal Kumar Katyal, Geo. U. L. Center) (2007) (0)
Separating from Within: Internal Checks on Today's Most Dangerous Branch (2006) (0)
The Promise and Precondition of Educational Autonomy (2003) (0)
Reply Brief for Petitioner, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, No. 04-702 (U.S. Jan. 03, 2005) (2005) (0)
The Future of Appellate Advocacy?: More Generalists, Fewer Appeals (2020) (0)
Supreme Court Preview 2014-2015: Business (2012) (0)
Remarks by Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal (2011) (0)
Supplemental Brief of Respondents Al Gore Jr. and Florida Democratic Party, Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Bd., No. 00-836 (U.S. Nov. 30, 2000) (2000) (0)
1-1-2004 Updating the Study of Punishment (2013) (0)
Reply Brief of Respondents Al Gore, Jr., and Florida Democratic Party, George W. Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, No. 00-836 (U.S. Nov. 30, 2000) (2000) (0)
Military Commissions Act and the Continued Use of Guantanamo Bay as a Detention Facility: Hearing Before the H. Comm. on Armed Services, 110th Cong., Mar. 29, 2007 (Statement of Professor Neal Kumar Katyal, Geo. U. L. Center) (2007) (0)
Brief for the Respondants, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, Nos. 08-1498, 09-89 (U.S. Dec. 22, 2009) (2009) (0)
Brief for Petitioner Salim Ahmed Hamdan, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, No. 05-184 (U.S. Jan. 6, 2006) (2006) (0)
