Paul Clement

Paul Clement

Paul Clement (born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, in June 1966) received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and a master's degree in economics from Cambridge University.

Clement served under President George W. Bush as the Solicitor General of the United States, tasked with conducting all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court and supervising the handling of litigation in the federal appellate courts. While in that office, he defended Bush’s anti-terrorism program as well as federal laws imposing limits on abortion and campaign fundraising. Clement was also asked by President G. W. Bush to head the Department of Justice until a new Attorney General was nominated, after the resignation of Alberto Gonzales.

Paul Clement once belonged to the conservative Federalist Society.

External links

• Paul Clement MSNBC.com