Dean John Sauer

Dean John Sauer, who goes by D. John Sauer, became the 49th Solicitor General of the United States on April 4, 2025, after the Senate confirmed him by a vote of 52 to 45. Before his appointment he founded and led the James Otis Law Group and represented Donald Trump in the presidential-immunity litigation; earlier he was Solicitor General of Missouri from 2017 to 2023. He clerked for Judge J. Michael Luttig of the Fourth Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia, and holds degrees from Duke, Oxford, Notre Dame, and Harvard Law School.

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