Edwin S. Kneedler has served as a U.S. deputy solicitor general for more than three decades. He has argued over 150 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court — more than any other currently practicing attorney. Kneedler joined the Office of the Solicitor General in 1979 after working for four years in the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. He became deputy solicitor general in 1993 and served as acting solicitor general in early 2009.
Kneedler has worked on many high-profile cases on behalf of the U.S. government, including the defense of the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act; cases involving separation of powers, executive powers and international affairs; and most of the Supreme Court cases over the past 40 years involving Native Americans.
In 2014, Kneedler received the Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Award, one of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals presented by the Partnership for Public Service.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University and his law degree from the University of Virginia.
Kneedler will speak April 10 at 1 p.m. in the Law School’s Purcell Reading Room.