Biography
Elizabeth Prelogar is a partner and Chair of the Supreme Court and Appellate practice at Cooley LLP. Prior to coming to Cooley, Elizabeth served as the 48th Solicitor General of the United States from 2021 to 2025. As Solicitor General, she was the fourth-ranking individual at the Department of Justice and supervised all Supreme Court litigation on behalf of the United States. She has argued 35 cases in the Supreme Court. Her matters have included some of the most high-profile, consequential cases of our time, involving pressing and complex issues of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental regulation, technology, and civil rights.
Elizabeth was born and raised in Idaho. She received her bachelor’s degree from Emory University, a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews, and her law degree from Harvard Law School. After graduating, she clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She then completed consecutive Supreme Court clerkships for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Elena Kagan. In addition to her recent tenure as Solicitor General, Elizabeth has held various roles in government, including Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Assistant to the Solicitor General, and Associate Special Counsel. She also served as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, where she taught a class on changing paradigms in the Supreme Court.
