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Kenneth Steven Geller (born September 22, 1947) is Managing Partner of the law firm Mayer Brown and a former Deputy Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice. ==Career== From 1971 to 1972, Geller worked as Law Clerk to the Honorable Walter R. Mansfield, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Between 1973 and 1975, he served on the federal government's Watergate Special Prosecution Force as an Assistant Special Prosecutor. Geller then joined the Department of Justice, serving as Assistant to the Department of Justice's Solicitor General from 1975 to 1979. He was then promoted to Deputy Solicitor General, serving with four other deputies under Solicitor General Rex Lee from 1979 to 1986.〔Black, Ryan, and Ryan J. Owens. (The Solicitor General and the United States Supreme Court: Executive Branch Influence and Judicial Decisions. ) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Page 45.〕〔 As Deputy Solicitor General, he handled cases relating to "labor, immigration, and general civil appeals."〔(ABA Journal, June 1983, "The Solicitor General's Winning Ways" by John A. Jenkins )〕 In 1986, Geller started working at the law firm Mayer Brown. He joined the law firm's management committee in 1995, and served as Partner-in-Charge of the firm's D.C. office until 2007. He then became Vice Chairman of the firm, a position he held for two years. In 2009, Geller became a Managing Partner of the firm, a position he holds today.〔 In 2005, Geller contributed to the book ''Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts'', 2nd edition. He also co-wrote ''Supreme Court Practice'', 7th edition (1993), 8th edition (2002), and 9th edition (2007). In 2008, Geller wrote ''Considering Supreme Court Review''. On December 8, 2009, Geller moderated a panel of former Solicitors General that took place in the Supreme Court building. The panel, which centered on the role of the Solicitor General throughout history, was also broadcast on C-SPAN.〔(LegalTimes blog post about Kenneth Geller's Solicitor General panel )〕 Geller has argued over forty cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth Geller」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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