George T. Conway III

George T. Conway III
Education Harvard University (A.B.)
Yale Law School (J.D.)
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Kellyanne Fitzpatrick (m. 2001)
Children 4

George Thomas Conway III is an American attorney who was on the short list of candidates for United States Solicitor General prior to the nomination in March 2017 of Noel Francisco for that position.

Education and clerkship

In 1984, Conway graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. magna cum laude in Biochemistry. In 1987, he obtained a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal, and president of the school's chapter of the Federalist Society.[1]

In 1987 and 1988, he served as a law clerk to Judge Ralph K. Winter, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

In September 1988, Conway joined the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and in January 1994 was named a partner.[2] His practice focuses on litigation involving securities, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, and antitrust.

Conway was one of the lawyers who represented Paula Jones in her lawsuit against U.S. President Bill Clinton.[3][4]

On March 29, 2010, Conway argued the securities case of Morrison v. National Australia Bank before the U.S. Supreme Court, and won with an 8-0 vote with an opinion by Justice Antonin Scalia.[5]

U.S. Department of Justice

In January 2017, Conway was considered for the post of Solicitor General along with Gregory G. Katsas, prior to the post going to Noel Francisco.[6][7][8]

On March 17, 2017, Conway was reported to be the nominee as Assistant Attorney General to head the Civil Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.[9][10][11] However, on June 2, 2017, he announced that he declined to pursue the post.[12][13]

Personal

He is married to Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump. They have four children and live in Washington, D.C.[14] Conway is half Filipino on his mother's side.[15]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lat, David (January 4, 2017). "An Exciting New Entrant In The Solicitor General Sweepstakes". Above the Law. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  2. ↑ "George T. Conway bio". Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ Van Natta Jr., Don; Abramson, Jill (January 24, 1999). "Quietly, Team of Lawyers Who Disliked Clinton Kept Jones Case Alive". New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ Senator Harkin (IA). "Trial of William Jefferson Clinton." Congressional Record 145:26 (February 12, 1999)(106th Congress, 1st Session, Senate). Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ Morrison v. National Australia Bank (2010). SCOTUSblog. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ Diamond, Jeremy (December 31, 2016). "Kellyanne Conway's husband on short list for top US lawyer job". CNN. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  7. ↑ Mauro, Tony (January 3, 2017). "SCOTUS Bar Warms Up to Wachtell Lawyer as Possible Trump SG". National Law Journal. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  8. ↑ Passarella, Gina (January 1, 2017). "Wachtell's George Conway a Potential Trump Pick for Solicitor General". New York Law Journal. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  9. ↑ Berenson, Tessa (March 17, 2017). "Kellyanne Conway's Husband to Be Nominated to Department of Justice Post". Time. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  10. ↑ Sharman, Jon (March 17, 2017). "Kellyanne Conway's husband George 'set for top job at Justice Department'". The Independent (UK). Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  11. ↑ Goldmacher, Shane (March 17, 2017). "Kellyanne Conway’s husband emerges as front-runner to head DOJ's civil division". Politico. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  12. ↑ McCaskill, Nolan D. (June 2, 2017). "Kellyanne Conway's husband bows out of DOJ post". Politico. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ Davis, Julie Hirschfeld (June 2, 2017). "Husband of Kellyanne Conway Steps Back From Possible Justice Dept. Post". New York Times. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  14. ↑ Schaefer, Mari A. (February 13, 2017). "Meet Kellyanne Conway's husband". Philly.com. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  15. ↑ "FilAms Greet Potential Trump Pick for Solicitor General With Surprise, Skepticism". Manila Mail. Media Manila, Inc. January 12, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.

Selected publications

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