1. Samuel Bagenstos is a former law professor at the University of Michigan, a job he returned to after serving for two years as the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division under Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez.
Samuel Bagenstos's work has focused particularly on voting rights, disability rights, and workers' rights.
Samuel Bagenstos received the Fay Diploma and was Articles Office Co-chair for the Harvard Law Review.
Samuel Bagenstos clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt on the Ninth Circuit for one year, and then joined the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice.
Samuel Bagenstos has argued four US Supreme Court cases, representing the plaintiff.
Philip Randolph Institute, Samuel Bagenstos filed a brief challenging Ohio's voter purge procedure, criticizing the Trump administration's reversal of longstanding US Department of Justice policy on the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Samuel Bagenstos has signed briefs in the US Supreme Court in support of the anti-discrimination case brought by transgender student Gavin Grimm, and opposing a constitutional right to discriminate against same-sex couples by businesses.
Samuel Bagenstos focused on ensuring that emerging technologies are accessible to people with disabilities.
Samuel Bagenstos has been a member of the faculty of Harvard Law School, and a visiting professor at UCLA School of Law and University of Michigan Law School.
Samuel Bagenstos was a professor of law from 2004 to 2009 at Washington University School of Law, and from 2007 to 2008.
Samuel Bagenstos is the author of Law and the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement, and a Foundation Press casebook on disability law, along with numerous articles.
In January 2021, Samuel Bagenstos was appointed general counsel to the Office of Management and Budget in the Biden administration.
Samuel Bagenstos was nominated to serve as general counsel to the United States Department of Health and Human Services on August 6,2021.
Samuel Bagenstos has been married to law professor Margo Schlanger since 1998.