Eric Wessan serves as Iowa’s Solicitor General in the Iowa Attorney General’s Office. In that
role, Wessan leads Iowa’s litigation before State and federal appellate courts, including the Iowa
and U.S. Supreme Courts. Before that role, Wessan worked on complex commercial litigation at
two large law firms in Chicago. Wessan also served as a law clerk for the Honorable James C.
Ho on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and for the Honorable John F. Kness on the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Wessan is a graduate of the University of
Chicago Law School, with honors, and of the University of Chicago.
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Solicitor General Roadshow
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Houston, TX 77002
Solicitor General Roadshow
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Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
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Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
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A Conversation on the Right: The Future of the SEC & Cryptocurrency
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Panel & Fireside Chat with Solicitors General T. Elliot Gaiser and Eric Wessan
Preserving Judicial Independence in a Time of Political Division
Featuring: James Burnham, President, Vallecito Capital Jay Edelson, Founder & CEO, Edelson PC Prof. Nicole Stelle Garnett, John...
Panel & Fireside Chat with Solicitors General T. Elliot Gaiser and Eric Wessan
Preserving Judicial Independence in a Time of Political Division
Featuring: James Burnham, President, Vallecito Capital Jay Edelson, Founder & CEO, Edelson PC Prof. Nicole Stelle Garnett, John...