Mr. Clement served as the 43rd Solicitor General of the United States and as both Acting Solicitor General and Principal Deputy Solicitor General.
As one of the most experienced and sought-after oral advocates in the country, Mr. Clement has argued more cases in the U.S. Supreme Court than any other lawyer since the year 2000. The over 100 cases he has argued before the Court include some of the country’s most high-profile matters such as McConnell v. FEC, Tennessee v. Lane, United States v. Booker, MGM v. Grokster, ABC v. Aereo, and Hobby Lobby v. Burwell. Upon graduation from Harvard Law School, Mr. Clement served as a law clerk to Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and then to Associate Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court.