Senator Ted Cruz named Prerak Shah as his Chief of Staff in December 2017. He had been serving as Chief Counsel to Senator Cruz since February 2017.
Prior to working in Senator Cruz's office, Shah was Senior Counsel to the Texas Attorney General, where he served on the agency’s executive leadership team and advised the Attorney General on high-profile litigation and policy. He also managed litigation teams and represented the State of Texas in critical cases, including the defense of Texas’ Voter ID and campus carry laws, and the right of Texas school boards to open meetings in student-led prayer. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Solicitor General of Texas, a constitutional litigator at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Dallas and a law clerk to Judge Jerry Smith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He has argued before the Fifth Circuit, and represented clients in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas Supreme Court and other federal and state appellate courts. Shah received a bachelor’s degree from Drexel University and law degree from the University of Chicago, where he graduated with honors.
Happy Hour with Pre Shah, Former Chief of Staff to Senator Cruz
Lawless Spirits & Kitchen909 Texas Avenue ##2a
Houston, TX 77002
Judicial Nominations in Texas: Past, Present, and Future
Truluck's400 Colorado Street
Austin, TX 78701
Lunch Discussion: An Introduction to the Lawyers Division
2018 National Student Symposium
McDonough, Lecture Room 203, Georgetown University Law Center600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Lawyering on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill Chapter Event
Capitol Hill Club300 First St SE
Washington, DC 20003
Texas v. United States: What Happens Now?
Belo Mansion 2101 Ross AveDallas, Texas 75201
Texas and Regulation - Event Audio/Video
Second Annual Texas Chapters Conference
The tension between economic liberty and the state’s power to regulate economic activity has long...
Justice Scalia and the Evolution of Chevron Deference - Event Audio/Video
Second Annual Texas Chapters Conference
For over thirty years, the seminal Supreme Court decision in Chevron v. NRDC has provided the principles...
Obama's Sacrificial Lamb
Few people would likely accuse President Barack Obama of walking in Ronald Reagan’s footsteps, but...
Net Neutrality and the Rule of Law
Engage Volume 16, Issue 2
After suffering two judicial setbacks, most recently in the D.C. Circuit’s Verizon v. FCC decision...
Missouri v. McNeely - Post-Decision SCOTUScast
SCOTUScast 8-13-13 featuring Prerak Shah
On April 17, 2013, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Missouri v. McNeely. The...