An Alumni Master Chat with Jeffrey Minear (MS & JD '82): "The U.S. Supreme Court and the Environment"
About Jeff Minear:
Jeff served as the counselor to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. from 2006 to 2022. Previously he had been senior litigation counsel and assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice (DOJ).
From 1983-1985, Jeff was a part of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he worked on policy, legislative, and appellate matters from 1983 to 1985. From 1985 to 1998, he was assistant to the Solicitor General at the Department of Justice, responsible for Supreme Court and appellate litigation focusing on civil, environmental, and intellectual property issues. Jeff has argued 56 cases before the Supreme Court.
In 2024, Jeff accepted a faculty appointment at Georgetown Law Center as a “Distinguished Lecturer from Government.”