“Greg Katsas is widely regarded as one of the Justice Department’s most outstanding civil and appellate attorneys.”
Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey
“Greg Katsas is a brilliant lawyer with a deep knowledge of administrative law and the Constitution. President Trump could not have made a better selection for the D.C. Circuit.”
Edward Whelan, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center
“Greg Katsas is an incredibly talented, incredibly accomplished, hard-working attorney with a humble demeanor and a heart for public service. Having worked with him for several years at the Department of Justice, I observed first-hand not only his intellect but also his character — how he approached issues in a thoughtful manner, treated everyone around him with respect, and brought the highest level of integrity to everything he did. He will make outstanding judge.”
John O’Quinn
Partner, Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland
“I worked with Greg Katsas when he served as Assistant AG for the Civil Division during my tenure as Attorney General 2007-09, and met with him almost daily. I can think if no one more qualified by temperament, training, sound judgment and sheer legal skill to serve on the D.C. Circuit.”
Michael B. Mukasey
Of Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton Former Attorney General of the United States
“I’ve worked closely with Greg Katsas, both in and outside of government, for over 15 years. He is breathtakingly brilliant, a great mentor, generous with his time, and exceptionally kind, warm, and unassuming. He has the quintessential temperament for a judge—a great listener, collegial, with impeccable judgment and integrity, and an outstanding grasp of the law. It is hard to overstate just how much I respect and admire Greg.”
Lisa S. Blatt
Partner and Head of Appellate
and Supreme Court Practice,
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
“Gregory Katsas is an exceptionally talented nominee for D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and deserves a speedy confirmation by the Senate. A graduate cum laude of both Harvard Law School and Princeton University, he has argued cases at the U.S. Supreme Court and every federal appeals court in his long, distinguished career. President Trump has made another excellent choice, standing true to his promise to appoint judges who respect the Constitution and the inalienable rights of all Americans.”
Marjorie Dannenfelser
SBA List President
“Greg has been an adversary of mine in a number of these [terrorism] cases and is one of the absolute smartest lawyers I’ve ever had the privilege to work with.”
Attorney Larry Lustberg, Former Co-Chair of the Criminal Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association, former faculty member of Seton Hall, Rutgers and New York University law schools
“Greg Katsas is uniquely qualified to serve on the DC Circuit. Greg’s whole career has been dealing with these issues and he will make an invaluable contribution to the DC Circuit.”
C. Boyden Gray, former White House Counsel
“During his tenure at the Department of Justice, Greg was beloved by the DOJ attorneys for his intellect and thoughtfulness, as well as for his kind and caring nature. While at DOJ, he was tasked with some of the most difficult cases and issues in the Department, and he handled them superbly. Greg would know the cases details inside and out, better than anyone, and always mastered all of the relevant case law. But Greg never lost sight of the big picture as well – that to win a case Greg understood we needed to be able explain why our position was sensible and good public policy.
While I may not agree with Greg on many political issues, I am confident that same talents and thoughtfulness that I saw at the Department of Justice, will make him an outstanding appellate court judge.”
Robert Loeb
Partner, Washington, D.C., Office of Orrick
Former Acting Deputy Director of the Civil Division Appellate Staff, Department of Justice
“Greg Katsas is not only an accomplished appellate lawyer, having argued cases in all twelve federal circuit courts of appeals while in government service and private practice not to mention the U.S. Supreme Court, he is a man of great character. He has an unflinching commitment to the rule of law and the personal integrity to see it through.”
James E. Gauch
Partner, Washington, D.C., Office of Jones Day
“Greg Katsas is a person of extraordinary legal knowledge, ability and personal integrity. In more than a quarter century of watching and working with him, I have time and again been profoundly impressed by the quality of his work. At least as importantly to the role of a judge, I have always found him to be highly principled and totally honest, with colleagues, opponents, and anyone else with whom he deals.”
Donald B. Ayer
Of Counsel, Washington, D.C., Office of Jones Day
“As far as bosses, though, there are two people — there aren’t words for me to thank them enough. One is Peter [Keisler]. The other is Greg Katsas . . . . [The] main thing is that they show respect for the career public servants. They would solicit our views. They would listen to us. The regard that we therefore have for them is immeasurable. By the way they did their jobs, they allow us to do our jobs in a way that I really think benefits the United States amazingly.”
Remarks of Douglas N. Letter on receiving the Justice Tom C. Clark Award for Outstanding Government Lawyer. Letter is a career appellate lawyer at the DOJ currently serving as Appellate Litigation Counsel in the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division and a former Associate Counsel to the President in the White House from 1994-95.
“Greg is an extraordinarily talented lawyer with tremendous experience in dealing with the most important constitutional and public policy issues confronted by the D.C. Circuit. His intelligence and integrity havegarnered uniform respect from all sectors of the bar. He will be a superb addition to the Court.”
Glen D. Nager & Michael A. Carvin
Partners, Washington, D.C., Office of Jones Day
“Greg is one of the leading constitutional scholars of our time. He is an exceptionally talented attorney of great integrity and character. He is typically exhaustive in his preparation and meticulously thorough in his analyses. If confirmed, he will be a very fine jurist and terrific addition to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.”
Kevyn Orr
Partner-in-Charge, Washington, D.C., Office of Jones Day
“I never met a smarter, more objective, harder working, better respected lawyer than Greg Katsas. The country would be very lucky to have him as a judge.”
Thomas C. Goldstein
Partner, Goldstein & Russell, P.C.
“Greg is a highly talented legal thinker, a lawyer with both deep and broad experience, and a thoughtful person who brings this full skill set to every challenge.”
Beth Heifetz
Partner and Head of Issues & Appeals Practice, Jones Day