Samuel Bagenstos
Samuel R. Bagenstos | |
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General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 15, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Robert Charrow |
General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget | |
In office January 20, 2021 – June 10, 2022 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Mark Paoletta |
Succeeded by | Daniel Jacobson |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Robert Bagenstos 1970 (age 53–54) |
Spouse | |
Education | Harvard Law School University of North Carolina |
Occupation | Professor, attorney |
Samuel Robert Bagenstos (born 1970) is an American attorney and academic who is the General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. From January 2021 until June 2022, he served as the general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget. He is a former law professor at the University of Michigan, a job he returned to after serving for two years as the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division[1] under Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez.
Bagenstos is a long-time
Education
Bagenstos earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1993, graduating magna cum laude. He received the Fay Diploma (awarded to the person ranked first in the class) and was Articles Office Co-chair for the Harvard Law Review.
Career
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He has argued four
In Mays v. Snyder,[5] Bagenstos has been representing Flint residents seeking relief for injuries they received in the Flint water crisis; he litigated an appeal in which the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Flint residents must receive the chance to make their constitutional case in court.
In Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute, Bagenstos filed a brief challenging Ohio's voter purge procedure, criticizing the Trump administration's reversal of longstanding U.S. Department of Justice policy on the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.[6][7]
Bagenstos has signed briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the anti-discrimination case brought by transgender student
As Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Bagenstos was second-in-charge of the Civil Rights Division, and supervised the Civil Rights Division's appellate work, disability rights enforcement, and other matters. In the disability rights area, he emphasized intensified enforcement of the Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., which requires that states provide services to people with disabilities in the most integrated setting appropriate to their individual situation.[11] He also focused on ensuring that emerging technologies are accessible to people with disabilities.[12][13]
He has been a member of the faculty of Harvard Law School, and a visiting professor at UCLA School of Law and University of Michigan Law School. He was a professor of law from 2004 to 2009 at Washington University School of Law, and from 2007 to 2008.[14]
He is the author of Law and the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement (Yale University Press 2009), and a
In January 2021, Bagenstos was appointed general counsel to the
Personal life
Bagenstos has been married to law professor Margo Schlanger since 1998.[21]
See also
References
- ^ "Civil Rights Division Office of the Assistant Attorney General Contact Page". Archived from the original on November 30, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
- ^ "Young v. United Parcel Serv., Inc., 135 S. Ct. 1338 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Georgia inmate represented by WUSTL law professor Samuel Bagenstos prevails in Supreme Court disability rights case | The Source | Washington University in St. Louis". The Source. January 10, 2006. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. v. ECHAZABAL". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Boler v. Earley, vol. 865, 2017, p. 391, retrieved March 5, 2018
- ^ "Sessions Changed DOJ's Longstanding Position on Voter Purges in a Key SCOTUS Case. | Take Care". takecareblog.com. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute". www.supremecourt.gov. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Brief for Professors Samuel Bagenstos et al" (PDF).
- ^ "Brief of amici curae Public Accommodation Law Scholars" (PDF).
- ^ "Employment Non-discrimination Act".
- ^ Disability and Integration. Remarks as Prepared for Delivery at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Letter of Resolution between the United States and Princeton University". www.ada.gov. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Samuel R. Bagenstos | The Federalist Society". fedsoc.org. July 2014. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "Candidate Info: Samuel Bagenstos, Michigan Supreme Court". www.wemu.org. October 29, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Burke, Melissa Nann. "UM prof Bagenstos hired as White House budget office lawyer". The Detroit News. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "President Biden Announces 10 Key Nominations". The White House. August 6, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ "Disability Rights Attorney Tapped for HHS General Counsel Post". Bloomberg Law. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ "PN1026 — Samuel R. Bagenstos — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022)". US Congress. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ "On the Motion to Discharge (Motion to Discharge Samuel R. Bagenstos to be General Counsel of the Department of HHS)". US Senate. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ "Margo Schlanger, Samuel Bagenstos". The New York Times. July 19, 1998.
External links
- Remarks by Deputy Assistant Attorney General Samuel R. Bagenstos of the Civil Rights Division at the Annual Convention of the Arc of the United States (Nov. 13, 2009)[1]
- Samuel Bagenstos, Law and the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement (Yale University Press 2009)[2]
- Samuel Bagenstos, Disability Rights Law: Cases and Materials (Foundation Press 2010) [3]
- Samuel Bagenstos, picture [4]