Mr. Cole joined the Office of the Attorney General in April 2021 as an Assistant Solicitor General and he promoted to Deputy Solicitor General in February 2024. During his time in the Solicitor General Division, he has successfully handled some of most consequential legal issues facing Texas. Mr. Cole has argued more than a dozen appeals, including in the U.S Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Texas Supreme Court, and soon the U.S. Supreme Court. Previously, Mr. Cole practiced in the Appellate & Constitutional Law and Class Actions practice groups at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He began his career clerking for the Honorable Edith H. Jones of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and obtained his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and his undergraduate degree from Pepperdine University.
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Panel 2: The Next Generation of State Solicitors General
2025 Texas Young Lawyers Summit
Four Seasons Hotel Houston1300 Lamar St
Houston, TX 77010
