Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2009-09-04

Former U.S. Solicitor General Gregory G. Garre will address students at 极乐禁地鈥檚 Cumberland School of Law Thursday, Sept. 10, at noon in the moot courtroom of Robinson law building.

His topic will be 鈥淩epresenting the Interests of the U.S. and the Supreme Court.鈥

Garre held the post that supervises and conducts federal litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court during 2008-09 after serving three years as deputy solicitor general. He formerly practiced with the Washington, D.C. firm of Hogan & Hartson, where he headed the firm鈥檚 Supreme Court and appellate practice section. He has argued 25 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

He has served on the faculty of his alma mater, George Washington University Law School, in the areas of constitutional law and the Supreme Court.

Garre鈥檚 Cumberland visit is sponsored by the law school鈥檚 Cordell Hull Speaker鈥檚 Forum. The public is invited free of charge.

Ryan Stringfellow, a third-year law student from Clermont, Fla., is speaker鈥檚 forum chair.

 
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