D. John Sauer

Dean John Sauer (born November 13, 1974) is an American lawyer who has served as the Solicitor General of Missouri since 2017.

D. John Sauer
Solicitor General of Missouri
Assumed office
January 9, 2017
Attorney GeneralJosh Hawley
Eric Schmitt
Preceded byJames R. Layton
Personal details
Born
Dean John Sauer

(1974-11-13) November 13, 1974
EducationDuke University (BA, BSE)
Oxford University (BA)
University of Notre Dame (MA)
Harvard Law School (JD)

Education

Sauer received his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and his Bachelor of Science in Engineering in electrical engineering from Duke University. He earned a Master of Arts in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in theology.[1] Sauer received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where he was the articles editor for the Harvard Law Review.[2]

After law school, Sauer served as a law clerk to Judge J. Michael Luttig of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and to Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Sauer worked as a litigation associate at Cooper & Kirk and then became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. He later entered private practice again.[3]

In January 2017, then-Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley appointed Sauer Solicitor General of Missouri.[4]

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See also

References
  1. "32 American College Students Are Named Rhodes Scholars". The New York Times. December 9, 1996. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  2. Parker, Shannon (January 29, 2009). "LN Ten Most Interesting: John Sauer". Laude News. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
  3. "WULS: Faculty Profiles". Washington University School of Law. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  4. Mannies, Jo (February 10, 2017). "Missouri Attorney General Hawley addresses Democrats' residency concerns, rents apartment". KWMU. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
Legal offices
Preceded by
James R. Layton		 Solicitor General of Missouri
2017–present		 Incumbent
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