PERSON: Brian Fletcher

United States Department of Justice

Principal Deputy Solicitor General

Brian Fletcher is an American lawyer who serves as the Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States. He served as Acting Solicitor General from August 11, 2021, until Elizabeth Prelogar’s confirmation on October 21, 2021.

Fletcher graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, where he was the runner-up of the 1997 Tournament of Champions in Lincoln–Douglas debate and a two-time Iowa state debate champion. He then graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a degree in Ethics, Politics and Economics. At Yale, Fletcher competed in the American Parliamentary Debate Association, winning the national championship and the awards for the top individual speaker and the top team in 2001. Fletcher next attended Harvard Law School, graduating summa cum laude. At Harvard, Fletcher won the Fay Diploma as the top student in his class over the course of law school, won the Sears Prize as one of the top two students of both his first and second years, and served as president of the Harvard Law Review.

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