Edmund LaCour

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Solicitor General of Alabama
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May 3, 2019

Edmund Gerald LaCour Jr. (born 1985) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as the Solicitor General of Alabama since May 3, 2019. He is a former nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

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Biography

LaCour received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude , from Birmingham-Southern College, a Master of Arts from Trinity College Dublin, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. After law school, LaCour served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He then worked at Baker Botts and Bancroft PLLC. He later became a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, before being appointed Solicitor General of Alabama in May 2019. [2] LaCour has argued cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, including Allen v. Milligan. [3]

Failed nomination to district court under Trump

On May 20, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate LaCour to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. [2] On June 2, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated LaCour to the seat vacated by Judge Andrew L. Brasher, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. [4] On January 3, 2021, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. [5] Later that same day, his renomination was sent to the Senate. [6] On February 4, 2021, his nomination was withdrawn by President Joe Biden. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Voruganti, Harsh (2020-08-24). "Edmund LaCour – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama". The Vetting Room. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  2. 1 2 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominee". whitehouse.gov . May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020– via National Archives.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ "Liberal Justices School Alabama on Voting Rights and Racial Discrimination in Redistricting Case". Law & Crime. October 4, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Ten Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate", White House, June 2, 2020
  5. ↑ "PN1942 - Nomination of Edmund G. LaCour Jr. for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020)". www.congress.gov. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  6. ↑ "Thirty Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 3, 2021
  7. ↑ Bendery, Jennifer (5 February 2021). "Biden Tosses Out Trump's Last-Minute Judicial Nominations". HuffPost. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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