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Louis J. Capozzi

Louis J. Capozzi, III

Solicitor General of Missouri

Lou Capozzi is the Solicitor General of Missouri. In that role, he oversees all appeals for the State of Missouri. He is also the Director of Special Litigation and litigates high-stakes cases at trial.

Lou previously worked at Jones Day, where he specialized in administrative and election law. At Jones Day, he helped lead a six-week bench trial in federal court, during which he cross-examined important expert and fact witnesses, delivered closing argument, asserted evidentiary objections, and argued several motions, including a motion for a directed verdict. He has also authored briefs at all phases of litigation--from evidentiary motions to dispositive motions and appeals.

Lou is also Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a Public Member of the Administrative Conference of the United States. He has published several academic articles focusing on administrative law.

Lou clerked for Justice Neil Gorsuch at the United States Supreme Court in the 2021 Term, as well as for Judges J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and Anthony Scirica of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He gradated as the valedictorian from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2019.

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Click to play: The 2020 Elections: What Worked and What Should Change?
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The 2020 Elections: What Worked and What Should Change?

Louis J. Capozzi, Harmeet K. Dhillon, Jerry Goldfeder, Michael P. Moreland, Hans A. Von Spakovsky

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, New Jersey, and Delaware Lawyers Chapters

The year 2020 is not our country's final election. After an election dominated by rule...

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