Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

Private practice · Washington, D.C. · Solicitor General of the United States, Attorney · argued OT 2011–2022

43arguments since OT 2010

19–14record (side argued for), 58%

56Justice remarks faced per argument (open period; all advocates 47)

67%of those remarks read as doubt by Jev (all advocates 63%)

Arguments by term

Side wonSide lostPending / unclear

Arguments

Term	Case	Side	Role	Result	Remarks faced	Doubt (Jev)
OT 2022	Moore v. Harper	Respondent	Attorney	Won	50	36%
OT 2021	American Hospital Association v. Becerra	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	44	54%
OT 2020	California v. Texas	–	Attorney	–	24	39%
OT 2019	Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC	–	Attorney	–	28	60%
OT 2019	Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	44	74%
OT 2018	Jam v. Int'l Finance Corp.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	16	59%
OT 2015	United States v. Texas	Petitioner	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	81	–
OT 2015	Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt	Amicus (for petitioner)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	13	71%
OT 2015	Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin	Amicus (for respondent)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	34	63%
OT 2015	Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association	Amicus (for respondent)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	12	–
OT 2015	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Electric Power Supply Association	Petitioner	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	18	80%
OT 2015	Zubik v. Burwell	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	75	76%
OT 2014	Obergefell v. Hodges	Amicus (for petitioner)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	21	–
OT 2014	Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	61	69%
OT 2014	King v. Burwell	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	67	69%
OT 2014	Ala. Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama	Amicus	Solicitor General of the United States	–	17	78%
OT 2014	Zivotofsky v. Kerry	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	51	81%
OT 2014	Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.	Amicus	Solicitor General of the United States	–	32	49%
OT 2014	Young v. Ups	Amicus (for petitioner)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	14	80%
OT 2013	Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores	–	Solicitor General of the United States	–	86	75%
OT 2013	Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l	Amicus (for respondent)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	13	43%
OT 2013	Mccutcheon v. Fec	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	43	75%
OT 2013	Bond v. United States	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	44	73%
OT 2013	NLRB v. Noel Canning	Petitioner	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	95	83%
OT 2013	Util. Air Regulatory Group v. EPA	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	76	53%
OT 2013	Harris v. Quinn	Amicus (for respondent)	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	15	69%
OT 2012	Shelby County v. Holder	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	40	68%
OT 2012	Association for Molecular Pathology et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. et al.	Amicus	Solicitor General of the United States	–	14	67%
OT 2012	United States v. Windsor	Amicus (for respondent)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	24	52%
OT 2012	Hollingsworth v. Perry	Amicus (for respondent)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	24	84%
OT 2012	Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin et al.	Amicus (for respondent)	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	27	68%
OT 2012	City of Arlington, Texas et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	49	66%
OT 2012	James R. Clapper, JR., Director of National Intelligence et al. v. Amnesty International USA et al.	Petitioner	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	49	77%
OT 2012	Esther Kiobel, Individually and on Behalf of Her Late Husband, Dr. Barinem Kiobel et al. v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. et al.	Amicus (for respondent)	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	31	81%
OT 2011	No. 11-400	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	–	100	–
OT 2011	No. 11-398	Petitioner	Solicitor General of the United States	–	46	–
OT 2011	No. 11-398	Petitioner	Solicitor General of the United States	–	105	–
OT 2011	United States v. Xavier Alvarez	Petitioner	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	53	78%
OT 2011	Arizona et al. v. United States	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	84	64%
OT 2011	Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, by His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	53	–
OT 2011	Lawrence Golan et al. v. Eric H. Holder, JR., Attorney General et al.	Respondent	Solicitor General of the United States	Won	39	78%
OT 2011	Federal Communications Commission et al. v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. et al.	Petitioner	Solicitor General of the United States	Lost	36	58%
OT 2011	Mayo Collaborative Services, Dba Mayo Medical Laboratories et al. v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.	Amicus	Solicitor General of the United States	–	23	71%

Names, roles and sides from each transcript's list of appearances; results from the Supreme Court Database (did the side argued for win). Remarks faced: Justice turns of five words or more right after this advocate spoke, open period only. Doubt: TypeSafe's Jev reading of those remarks (an experiment, available where our research run covered the case).