Drew S. Days III Politician

Drew Saunders Days III (born August 29, 1941) is an American lawyer, who served as United States Solicitor General from 1993 to 1996 under President Bill Clinton. He also served as the first African American Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division in the Carter Administration from 1977 to 1980. He is the Alfred M. Rankin Professor of Law at Yale Law School, assuming that post in 1992, and joining the Yale Law faculty in 1981. Since 1997, he has also headed the Supreme Court and appellate practice at Morrison & Foerster LLP and was of counsel at the firm's Washington, D.C. office until his retirement from the firm in December, 2011. He earned his law degree at Yale Law School in 1966. He has been admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court, and in the states of Illinois and New York.

Personal facts

Drew S. Days III
Birth dateAugust 29, 1941
Birth place
Atlanta

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Office holder

officeAssistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
party
Democratic Party (United States)
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Drew S. Days III on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://library.uncg.edu/dp/crg/personBio.aspx?c=168
  2. http://www.answers.com/topic/drew-s-days-iii
  3. http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/ddays.htm