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14 Jul 2011, 10:54 am by David Ingram
Last month, Kathryn Ruemmler succeeded Robert Bauer as the president’s top counsel, and the Senate confirmed Donald Verrilli Jr. as solicitor general. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 8:21 am by Steve Hall
Verrilli Jr. told the court that the case, Leal Garcia v. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 6:47 pm by Steve Hall
" The Obama administration took the unusual step of intervening in a state murder case last week when Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. joined Leal's appeal, asking the high court to halt the execution and give Congress at least six months to consider Leahy's bill. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 4:45 pm by Zoe Tillman
On July 1, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. filed a brief with the Supreme Court asking for a delay in the execution to allow Congress to take action on the treaty obligation. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 8:25 am by Steve Hall
Barack Obama has also exhorted the Supreme Court to intervene with a warning from the Solicitor General, Donald Verrilli, that the execution threatened US relations with Mexico. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 3:29 am by Tony Mauro
Verrilli on the Job: In his first press interview since taking office, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. talked about the job, his confirmation hearing, and said his office is "fully engaged" to handle the litigation over health care reform. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 4:33 pm by Tony Mauro
In an unusual move, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. filed a brief with the Supreme Court on Friday asking for a delay in the scheduled July 7 execution in Texas of Mexican national Humberto Leal Garcia. [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 4:26 pm by Lyle Denniston
   Speaking for the Justice and State Departments, Solicitor General Donald B.Verrilli, Jr., argued that Leal’s execution would cause the U.S. to violate treaty obligations  with “serious repercussions” for foreign policy and would raise threats of retaliation to Americans who travel or work abroad. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 10:17 am by David Ingram
Together with the Senate’s confirmation this month of Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr., the action today leaves the Tax Division as the only major DOJ component without a Senate-confirmed head. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 8:26 am by Tony Mauro
Colleagues and friends of acting solicitor general Neal Katyal organized a top-tier farewell party at the Justice Department on his last day in office Monday afternoon, featuring no fewer than three Supreme Court justices, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., new SG Donald Verrilli Jr. and White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, among others. [read post]
27 Jun 2011, 11:54 am by Mike Scarcella
” In urging the Supreme Court to review the case, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli Jr. said the D.C. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 1:02 pm by Dwight Sullivan
As we noted yesterday, the brand new Solicitor General, Donald Verrilli, Jr., asked Chief Justice Roberts to extend the United States’ deadline for filing a cert petition in United States v. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 6:13 am by Tony Mauro
Following the Senate's confirmation vote on Monday, Donald Verrilli was quietly sworn in Thursday afternoon as U.S. solicitor general. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 1:23 pm by Steve Hall
Update (6:14 p.m.): Senators voted 72-16 to confirm Donald Verrilli Jr. as the next U.S. solicitor general. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 7:58 am
The Senate has confirmed former RIAA attorney Donald Verrilli Jr. as the new Solicitor General. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 7:48 am by Zach Zagger
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] Tuesday approved Donald Verrilli, Jr [Oyez profile], as the next Solicitor General [official website] by a vote of 72-16 [roll call vote], taking the position left open since Elena Kagan was sworn in [JURIST report] to the Supreme Court [official website] last August. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 6:29 am by Nabiha Syed
Finally, as Lyle Denniston of this blog reports, last night Donald Verrilli was confirmed as Solicitor General, succeeding now-Justice Elena Kagan and Kagan’s deputy, Acting Solicitor General Neal K. [read post]