Noel J. Francisco
Private practice · D.C., for the United States · Attorney, Solicitor General of the United States · argued OT 2013–2025
25arguments since OT 2010
12–10record (side argued for), 55%
78Justice remarks faced per argument (open period; all advocates 47)
66%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 2025 | National Republican Senatorial Committee et al. v. Federal Election Commission et al. | Petitioner | Attorney | Won | 79 | 71% |
| OT 2024 | Tiktok, Inc. v. Garland | Petitioner | Attorney | Lost | 138 | 66% |
| OT 2024 | Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis | Petitioner | Attorney | Lost | 126 | 67% |
| OT 2024 | Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos | Petitioner | Attorney | Won | 80 | 57% |
| OT 2023 | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited | Respondent | Attorney | Lost | 109 | 79% |
| OT 2022 | Glacier Northwest v. Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters | Petitioner | Attorney | Won | 81 | 55% |
| OT 2019 | Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Amicus (for petitioner) | Solicitor General of the United States | Won | 23 | 63% |
| OT 2019 | Trump v. Vance | Amicus (for petitioner) | Solicitor General of the United States | Lost | 20 | 44% |
| OT 2019 | Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania | Petitioner | Solicitor General of the United States | Won | 21 | 48% |
| OT 2019 | Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California | Petitioner | Solicitor General of the United States | Lost | 77 | 71% |
| OT 2019 | No. 18-107 | Amicus (for petitioner) | Solicitor General of the United States | – | 32 | – |
| OT 2019 | Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia | Amicus (for respondent) | Solicitor General of the United States | Lost | 22 | 87% |
| OT 2018 | Department of Commerce v. New York | Petitioner | Solicitor General of the United States | Lost | 83 | 80% |
| OT 2018 | Kisor v. Wilkie | Respondent | Solicitor General of the United States | Lost | 61 | 56% |
| OT 2018 | Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania | Amicus (for petitioner) | Solicitor General of the United States | Won | 18 | – |
| OT 2018 | Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania | Amicus | Solicitor General of the United States | – | 19 | 70% |
| OT 2018 | Apple Inc. v. Pepper | Amicus (for petitioner) | Solicitor General of the United States | Lost | 27 | 89% |
| OT 2018 | Virginia Uranium v. Warren | Amicus (for petitioner) | Solicitor General of the United States | Lost | 27 | 64% |
| OT 2017 | Trump, President of U.S. v. Hawaii | Petitioner | Solicitor General of the United States | Won | 99 | 57% |
| OT 2017 | Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute | Amicus (for petitioner) | Solicitor General of the United States | Won | 17 | 78% |
| OT 2017 | Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31 | Amicus | Solicitor General of the United States | – | 31 | 53% |
| OT 2017 | Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission | Amicus (for petitioner) | Solicitor General of the United States | Won | 56 | 58% |
| OT 2015 | Mcdonnell v. United States | Petitioner | Attorney | Won | 63 | 55% |
| OT 2015 | Zubik v. Burwell | Petitioner | Attorney | Won | 33 | 77% |
| OT 2013 | NLRB v. Noel Canning | Respondent | Attorney | Won | 43 | 66% |
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).