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Infobox US Cabinet official| birthname=Paul Drew Clement| image=Paul D. Clement.jpg| order=43rd| title= Solicitor General of the United States | term_start=July 11, 2004| term_end=June 19, 2008| president= George W. Bush | predecessor= Theodore Olson | successor= Gregory G. Garre | order2 = Acting| title2 = Attorney General of the United States | term_start2 = September 17, 2007| term_end2 = September 18, 2007| predecessor2 = Alberto Gonzales | successor2 = Peter Keisler small|, act.| birth_date=birth date and age|1966|6|24| birth_place= Town of Cedarburg, Wisconsin|Cedarburg , Wisconsin | death_date=| death_place=| party= Republican Party (United States)|Republican |alma_mater = Georgetown University Darwin College, Cambridge Harvard Law School Paul Drew Clement (born June 24, 1966) is a former United States Solicitor General and current Georgetown University legal professor. He is also an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law . He was nominated by President George W. Bush on March 14, 2005 for the post of Solicitor-General, confirmed by the United States Senate on June 8, 2005, and took the oath of office on June 13. Clement replaced Theodore Olson .
Clement resigned on May 14, 2008, effective June 2, 2008, and joined the Georgetown University Law Center as a visiting professor and senior fellow at the Supreme Court Institute.cite news | first=Joan | last=Biskupic | coauthors= | title=For divided high court, two potential legacies | date= October 23, 2008 | work = USA Today | url = http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2008-10-23-candidates-courts_N.htm | pages = | accessdate = 2008-10-25 | language =
Early life and education
Clement was born to Jean and Jerry Clement, and he had two brothers and a sister. Clement is a native of Town of Cedarburg, Wisconsin|Cedarburg , Wisconsin . In 1984 he graduated from Cedarburg High School , where he was on the debate team. He received his bachelor's degree Latin honors|summa cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University , and a master's degree in economics from Darwin College, Cambridge|Darwin College , University of Cambridge . While at Georgetown, Clement successfully competed in the American Parliamentary Debate Association . He graduated Latin honors|magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where he was the Supreme Court editor of the Harvard Law Review .
Legal career
Following graduation, Clement clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court . After his clerkships, he worked as an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Kirkland & Ellis . Clement went on to serve as Chief Counsel of Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Afterwards, he was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding , where he headed the firm's appellate practice. He also served from 1998 to 2004 as an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center , where he taught a seminar on the separation of powers.
Clement joined the United States Department of Justice in February 2001. Before his confirmation as Solicitor General, he served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and he became the acting Solicitor General on July 11, 2004 when Theodore Olson resigned. He has argued over 53 cases before the United States Supreme Court, including McConnell v. FEC , Tennessee v. Lane , Rumsfeld v. Padilla , United States v. Booker , Hamdi v. Rumsfeld , Rumsfeld v. FAIR , Hamdan v. Rumsfeld , Gonzales v. Raich , Gonzales v. Oregon , Gonzales v. Carhart , and Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation . He also argued many of the key cases in the lower courts involving challenges to the President's conduct of the War on Terrorism|war on terrorism .Blum, Vanessa. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp? id=1073944820670 "Point Man: Paul Clement leads the charge in defending the administration's tactics in the war on terror", Legal Times , January 16, 2004 He has argued more cases before the Supreme Court since 2000 than any other lawyer.cite news | first=Kedar | last=Bhatia | url = http://dailywrit.com/2011/04/updated-advocate-scorecard-ot00-10/ | title = Updated Advocate Scorecard (OT00-10) | work = DailyWrit | accessdate=2011-11-30 | date=April 17, 2011
On August 27, 2007, President Bush named Clement as the future acting Attorney General of the United States , to take office upon the resignation of Alberto Gonzales , effective September 17, 2007. cite news | first=Steven Lee | last= Meyers | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/27/washington/27cnd-gonzales.html? _r=1& hp=& adxnnl=1& oref=slogin& adxnnlx=1188217220-bs39MOr+UJpRTDAYWymL9g | title = Embattled Attorney General Resigns | work = The New York Times | accessdate=2007-08-27 | date=August 27, 2007 According to administration officials, Clement took that office at 12:01 AM September 17, 2007, and left office 24 hours later. cite news | first= Dan | last= Eggen | coauthors= Elizabeth Williamson | title= Democrats May Tie Confirmation to Gonzales Papers | date= September 19, 2007| publisher= | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/18/AR2007091801379.html? nav=rss_politics | work = Washington Post | pages = A10 | accessdate = 2007-09-19 On September 17, President Bush announced that Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Peter Keisler would become acting Attorney General, pending a permanent appointment of a presidential nominee. http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070917-4.html "President Bush Announces Judge Michael Mukasey as Nominee for Attorney General", White House press release, September 17, 2007 cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= (Associated Press) | title= Bush Text on Attorney General Nomination | date= September 17, 2007 | work = New York Times | url = http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Bush-Mukasey-Text.html | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-18 Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot
Clement gave notice of his resignation on May 14, 2008, effective June 2, 2008, and returned to Georgetown Law School as a senior fellow. He had been mentioned as a possible Supreme Court candidate in a John McCain presidency and is a coveted potential hire among DC legal firms, who reportedly are vying to build a firm around his expertise in appellate matters.cite news | title = Paul Clement: The LeBron James of Law Firm Recruiting | publisher = The Wall Street Journal Law Blog | date = 2008-10-27 | url = http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/10/27/paul-clement-the-lebron-james-of-law-firm-recruiting/ | accessdate = 2008-10-27 | first=Dan | last=Slater Evan Tager of Mayer Brown said: “Paul Clement is the Holy Grail of law firm recruiting... The buzz in the legal world about Clement is like the buzz in basketball when LeBron James was coming out of high school and turning pro. It will be interesting to see where the market will go.”
As of November 20, 2008, Clement re-joined King & Spalding as a partner in its expanding appellate litigation practice. As part of King & Spalding he argued on behalf of the National Rifle Association|NRA in the Supreme Court case McDonald v. Chicago on March 2, 2010.cite web |url= http://supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/08-1521.pdf |title=Transcript of Oral Arguments in McDonald v. Chicago |month=March |year=2010 |location= US Supreme Court |format=pdf |accessdate=2010-03-02 |quote="PAUL D. CLEMENT, ESQ., Washington, D.C.; for Respondents National Rifle Association, Inc., et al., in support of Petitioners."
Clement was part of the legal team that represented players in the National Basketball Association|NBA in labor negotiations during the 2011 lockout. Clement also advised 10 National Football League|NFL players in the spring of 2011 when the NFL was facing a potential lock-out. cite news | first=Kevin | last=Sack | coauthors= | title=Lawyer Opposing Health Law Is Familiar Face to the Justices | date= October 27, 2011| work = New York Times| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/27/us/politics/paul-d-clements-latest-high-profile-cases.html? hp | pages = | accessdate = 2011-10-27 | language =
As a partner at King & Spalding, Clement was hired in April 2011 by the Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives to defend the Defense of Marriage Act , a law that federally defines marriage as between one man and one woman, after the United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice decided to stop defending it.cite news|last=Camia|first=Catalina|title=Boehner seeks to divert funds for gay marriage fight|newspaper=USA Today|date=April 18, 2011|url= http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/04/john-boehner-nancy-pelosi-same-sex-marriage-/1|accessdate=April 18, 2011 King & Spalding withdrew from the case on April 25, 2011, and Clement resigned from the firm to continue his representation, arguing that "representation should not be abandoned because the client's legal position is extremely unpopular in certain quarters."cite web|url= http://cache.abovethelaw.com/uploads/2011/04/Paul-Clement-Resignation-Letter.pdf|title=Paul Clement Resignation Letter|accessdate=April 25, 11 He joined Bancroft PLLC , a smaller law firm led by former United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General Viet D. Dinh .cite web|url= http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-25/clement-quits-king-spalding-over-marriage-act-decision-2-.html|title=Clement Quits King & Spalding Over Marriage Act Decision|location=Bloomberg Newscite web|url= http://www.bancroftassociates.net/prof_pclement.htm|title=Paul D. Clement, Partner, Bancroft PLLC
Clement led the challenge on behalf of 26 states to overturn the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in the Supreme Court on March 26 - 28, 2012.
See also
List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
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