Noel Francisco served as the 47th Solicitor General of the United States, from 2017 to 2020. He represents clients in a broad array of civil and criminal litigation, challenges to federal and state laws and regulations, and government investigations and enforcement actions.

After law school, Francisco was a law clerk to Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1996 to 1997 and to U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia from 1997 to 1998. [8][9] He then entered private practice …

Jun 17, 2020 · WASHINGTON – Some of the nation's smartest and savviest lawyers have represented the federal government at the Supreme Court over the past 150 years. But Noel Francisco has had perhaps the...

Mr. Francisco. ORAL ARGUMENT OF NOEL J. FRANCISCO ON BEHALF OF PETITIONERS TIKTOK, INC., ET AL. MR. FRANCISCO: Mr. Chief Justice, and may it please the Court: Under the Act, one of America's most popular speech platforms will shut down in nine days. That shouldn't happen for three reasons. First, TikTok incorporated as a U.S.

Jun 17, 2020 · After just under three years (and three Supreme Court terms) on the job, Noel Francisco announced today that he would step down as the solicitor general of the United States, effective July 3, 2020. In a letter to President Donald Trump, Francisco wrote that he planned “to return to the private sect

Jun 17, 2020 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer announced Wednesday he is leaving the job after three years in which he represented the government in a series of high-profile cases. Noel Francisco argued 17 cases before the Supreme Court as solicitor general.

The lawyers arguing before the Supreme Court on Friday are well known among the elite cadre of practitioners who regularly appear before the nation’s highest bench. Two of the lawyers are challenging the law as unconstitutional, saying it violates the First Amendment rights of both TikTok and its users.

As Solicitor General, Mr. Francisco argued 17 cases in the Supreme Court on issues ranging from separation of powers to religious liberty and free speech. Those included the successful defense of the President's orders restricting travel from countries deemed to present security risks ( Trump v.

Jan 17, 2025 · The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a new law that would lead to a ban of the social media platform TikTok. ... Noel Francisco, who argued on behalf of TikTok and ByteDance, said the Supreme Court ...

Jan 13, 2025 · The Supreme Court is considering whether to block a law that effectively bans TikTok in the U.S. starting Jan. 19. ... we shut down," TikTok lawyer Noel Francisco told justices during oral ...