Elizabeth Prelogar

Elizabeth Prelogar
48th Solicitor General of the United States
In office
October 28, 2021  January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
DeputyBrian Fletcher
Preceded byBrian Fletcher (acting)
Succeeded byD. John Sauer
Acting
January 20, 2021  August 11, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJeff Wall (acting)
Succeeded byBrian Fletcher (acting)
Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
In office
January 20, 2021  October 28, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJeff Wall
Succeeded byBrian Fletcher
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Margaret Barchas

(1980-03-07) March 7, 1980
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Brandon Prelogar
(m. 2008)
Children2
EducationEmory University (BA)
University of St Andrews (MLitt)
Harvard University (JD)

Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar (born March 7, 1980; née Elizabeth Margaret Barchas) is an American lawyer who served as solicitor general of the United States from 2021 to 2025. Prior to this, she served as acting solicitor general from January 20, 2021, at the start of the Biden administration, until President Joe Biden sent her nomination to the U.S. Senate on August 11, 2021.