7 Prominent Indians in The U.S Judiciary

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3.Neal Katyal

Neal Katyal is a graduate from Dartmouth College and Yale Law School. He has served as an Acting Solicitor General of the United States from May 2010 until June 2011.
Katyal is currently in charge of running the appellate practice at the law firm Hogan Lovells and is also involved in teaching at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he tenured as one of the youngest professors in the university's history. Katyal also has the experience in serving as counsel or co-counsel for numerous US Supreme Court cases. The once acting solicitor General succeeded Elena Kegan who was Obama’s choice to replace the retiring associate U.S Supreme court justice John Paul Stevens. He has previously served as National security adviser from 1997-1999 and was working closely with the Bill Clinton government in preparing a report on more legal pro-bono work. He was named “ Lawyer of The Year” by Lawyers U.S.A in 2006.