Neal Katyal

Neal Katyal
Katyal in 2023
Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
In office
June 9, 2011  August 26, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLeondra Kruger (acting)
Succeeded bySri Srinivasan
In office
February 3, 2009  May 17, 2010
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDaryl Joseffer
Succeeded byLeondra Kruger (acting)
Solicitor General of the United States
Acting
May 17, 2010  June 9, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byElena Kagan
Succeeded byDonald B. Verrilli Jr.
Personal details
Born
Neal Kumar Katyal

(1970-03-12) March 12, 1970
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesSonia Katyal (sister)
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Neal Kumar Katyal (born March 12, 1970) is an American lawyer and legal scholar. He is a partner at Milbank LLP and is the Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University Law Center.

During the Obama administration, Katyal served as Acting Solicitor General of the United States from May 2010 until June 2011.

Previously he served as a lawyer in the Solicitor General's office and as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice.