1. Elizabeth Prelogar has two older brothers and one older sister.
15 Facts About Elizabeth Prelogar
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Elizabeth Prelogar's father was a lawyer and her mother was a teacher.
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Elizabeth Prelogar then attended Harvard Law School, where she was an articles editor for the Harvard Law Review and a finalist in the Ames Moot Court Competition.
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Elizabeth Prelogar first clerked for Judge Merrick Garland of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2008 to 2009, then for US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from 2009 to 2010, and then finally for Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan from 2010 to 2011.
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Elizabeth Prelogar then entered private practice as an associate at Hogan Lovells in Washington, DC Elizabeth Prelogar taught a course at Harvard Law School on Supreme Court and appellate advocacy.
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Elizabeth Prelogar performed in a mock trial with Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson in 2016 prior to their appointments to the Supreme Court.
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From 2014 to 2019, Elizabeth Prelogar was an assistant to the US solicitor general.
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Elizabeth Prelogar was briefly detailed to the Mueller special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election.
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Elizabeth Prelogar was named principal deputy solicitor general by President Joe Biden in January 2021 and served as acting solicitor general.
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Elizabeth Prelogar's nomination was sent to the Senate that same day.
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Elizabeth Prelogar was prevented from serving while the nomination was before the Senate as a result of the terms of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.
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Elizabeth Prelogar was sworn into office later on that day.
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Elizabeth Prelogar married Brandon Prelogar in 2008, and they have two sons together.
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Elizabeth Prelogar was Miss Idaho Teen USA in 1998, Miss Idaho USA in 2001, and Miss Idaho in 2004.
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Elizabeth Prelogar donated to the Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign and Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign.