Ian . Gershengorn
Jenner & Block LLP
Ian Gershengorn is chair of Jenner & Block's Appellate and Supreme Court Practice and is one of the Nation's premier Supreme Court and appellate advocates. Before rejoining Jenner & Block, Ian served in the Office of the Solicitor General at the US Department of Justice from 2013 to 2017, first as Principal Deputy Solicitor General and then as Acting Solicitor General of the United States. While at the Solicitor General's Office, Ian argued 13 cases at the US Supreme Court and two cases before the D.C. Circuit en banc. He also supervised the government's briefing in a range of high-profile cases, including those involving the Affordable Care Act, election law, immigration, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and same-sex marriage. Prior to his service in the Solicitor General's office, Ian served from 2009 to 2013 as the Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of the DOJ's Federal Programs Branch. In that role, he led the district court defense of the Affordable Care Act, personally arguing the principal district court challenges to the constitutionality of the Act. Since returning to Jenner & Block in September 2017, he has argued cases throughout the country, including in the Courts of Appeals for the First, Seventh, and Eighth Circuits, and the Indiana Supreme Court. Ian graduated magna cum laude from both Harvard College and Harvard Law School. After law school, he clerked for Judge Amalya Kearse on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court.
(01/19)
