Gregory G. Garre is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where he focuses on Supreme Court and appellate litigation. He has argued more than 50 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including landmark cases such as Ashcroft v. Iqbal, Fisher v. University of Texas, Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., and Massachusetts v. EPA.  He served as global chair of Latham’s Supreme Court and appellate practice from 2009 to 2025. He has been widely recognized as one of the nation’s top appellate advocates.

Before joining Latham, Garre served as the 44th Solicitor General of the United States (2008-2009), after being unanimously confirmed to that position by the U.S. Senate.  As Solicitor General, he was the federal government’s top lawyer before the Supreme Court and was responsible for overseeing the government’s litigation in the federal appellate courts.  He previously served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General (2005-2008) and as an Assistant to the Solicitor General (2000-2004). He is the only person to have held all of those positions within the Office of the Solicitor General.

Garre has received numerous awards for his public service, including the Attorney General’s Medallion for his service as Solicitor General.  He is a recipient of the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award, the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Furthering Interests of U.S. National Security, and additional honors from the Department of Justice for his work on important civil litigation matters.  In addition, he received the Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award — the Navy’s highest civilian honor — for his argument in Winter v. NRDC, which secured a major Supreme Court win for the Navy. 

Garre was elected to the American Law Institute and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.  From 2011-2017, he served by appointment of the Chief Justice of the United States to the Standing Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States, the highest rulemaking body in the U.S. Judicial System.  In 2012, he received the Rex Lee Advocacy Award, which recognizes excellence in appellate advocacy.

Garre has taught constitutional law and Supreme Court practice and testified before Congress on several occasions.  He speaks and writes regularly on issues related to the Supreme Court and appellate practice, and is frequently quoted by major publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Bloomberg Law.  In 2020, he published “Alexander Hamilton’s ‘One Shot’ Before the Supreme Court,” in Hamilton and the Law.

Garre earned a B.A. in government from Dartmouth College, where he was a Rufus Choate Scholar.  In 2019, Garre participated in the reenactment of the oral argument in the Dartmouth College case before the U.S. Supreme Court and again in Hanover, N.H., as part of Dartmouth’s 250th anniversary celebration.  Following his graduation from law school, Garre served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and to Judge Anthony J. Scirica of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.