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Litigation

Apr. 8, 2008

Climbing on State Solicitor General Bandwagon

California's Manuel Medeiros pushes his lawyers to argue before state and U.S. high courts.

By Brent Kendall
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1

      WASHINGTON-When it comes to recent trends at the U.S. Supreme Court, the improved quality of advocacy by state-government lawyers is one of the most notable.
      Thirty states now employ their own solicitor general, a government attorney whose chief duty is to take special care with Supreme Court ...

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