Pratik Shah

Assistant to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice

Pratik graduated from U.C. Berkeley School of Law in 2001, and then clerked for Judge William A. Fletcher on the Ninth Circuit and Justice Stephen G. Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court.

After teaching constitutional law as a Hugo Black visiting faculty member at the University of Alabama law school, Pratik joined the Appellate & Supreme Court Practice Group at WilmerHale. While at WilmerHale, he was a primary drafter of the lead brief in Boumediene v. Bush (establishing habeas rights of Guantanamo detainees). Pratik was named WilmerHale's "Volunteer of the Year" in 2007 for his work with underserved youth through the Citizen Schools' Legal Apprenticeship Program and other community efforts. He previously also served as a co-chair of NASABA's Judiciary Committee.

Since 2008, Pratik has served as an Assistant to the Solicitor General with the U.S. Department of Justice. He has argued five cases before the Supreme Court, including three this Term.