1. Noel John Francisco was born on August 21,1969 and is an American lawyer who served as Solicitor General of the United States from 2017 to 2020.
23 Facts About Noel Francisco
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Noel Francisco was the first Asian American confirmed by the United States Senate to hold the position.
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Noel Francisco defended Executive Order 13769, which was a ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries deemed to present security risks; this was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court in Trump v Hawaii.
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Noel Francisco was born on August 21,1969, in Syracuse, New York.
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Noel Francisco's father, Nemesio Francisco, was a physician who immigrated to the United States from the Philippines to study medicine.
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Noel Francisco grew up in Oswego and graduated from Oswego High School in 1987.
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Noel Francisco attended Brandeis University for one year before transferring to the University of Chicago, graduating in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with honors.
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From 1991 to 1993, Noel Francisco was a financial analyst for Morgan Stanley and Gleacher and Company.
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Noel Francisco then attended the University of Chicago Law School, graduating in 1996 with a Juris Doctor with high honors.
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Noel Francisco was part of the legal team that worked for George W Bush on the Florida recount in the 2000 presidential election.
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In 2001, Noel Francisco was appointed as an Associate Counsel to President Bush in the Office of Counsel to the President.
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Noel Francisco later moved to the Office of Legal Counsel for the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice, serving in that capacity from 2003 until 2005.
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In 2005, Noel Francisco moved back to the private sector, joining the Washington, DC office of the law firm Jones Day, eventually becoming the chair of the firm's government regulation practice.
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Noel Francisco argued numerous cases in the lower federal and state courts on a wide range of constitutional, civil, and criminal matters.
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Noel Francisco left Jones Day when he was appointed by President Donald Trump to the position of Principal Deputy Solicitor General for the United States, effective January 23,2017.
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Noel Francisco served as the Acting Solicitor General from that date until March 10,2017.
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Noel Francisco received an ethics waiver on April 24,2018, which relieved him of a previous obligation to recuse himself from any investigation in which his former employer, law firm Jones Day, was involved.
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On June 17,2020, Noel Francisco announced that he would be leaving his post at the Department of Justice, effective July 3,2020.
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Noel Francisco defended Trump's travel ban, which barred people from seven majority-Muslim countries.
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Noel Francisco sought to prevent Congress from accessing a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Noel Francisco defended the Justice Department's decision to withdraw a case against Trump associate Michael Flynn even after Flynn had pleaded guilty.
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Noel Francisco fought against a subpoena to turn over Trump's tax records to the Manhattan district attorney.
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Noel Francisco is married with two daughters and resides in Washington, DC He previously served on the board of directors of the Chicago-based Lumen Christi Institute.