Michael Kellogg

Michael Kellogg is an appeals lawyer in Washington, D.C. [Mondics, Chris. [http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080531_Pinning_the_blame_for_terror.html "Pinning the blame for 9/11"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", May 31, 2008. Accessed June 2, 2008.] He is a Managing Partner of Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., based in Washington, D.C. [ [http://www.khhte.com/attorneys_view.php?id=94 "Michael K. Kellogg"] , "Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.". Accessed June 2, 2008.]

He currently represents the Saudi Arabian government and the Saudi royal family in a $5 billion lawsuit in the Second Circuit appellate court, under chief judge Dennis Jacobs. The court started hearing arguments January 18th, 2008, in response to an earlier suit filed on September 10th, 2003, which was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Richard Conway Casey. [Mondics, Chris. [http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20080602_SPECIAL_REPORT__SUING_THE_SAUDIS.html "SPECIAL REPORT: SUING THE SAUDIS"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", June 2, 2008. Accessed June 2, 2008.]

Michael Kellogg also represented AT&T in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals trial concerning two lawsuits over the NSA's warrantless wiretapping scandal. Deputy Solicitor General Gregory Garr, lawyer of the other defendant (United States Government), argued that the case be thrown out of court because any evidence would be classified as a state secret, and therefore not liable to judicial review or admissible in a court of law. When asked if warrants were issued for the case at hand, Garre would not say. When asked if warrants were issued for aspects of the case concerning purely domestic transactions, Garre said he would say yes only if not under oath. Kellogg's subsequent initial argument was that the case should be thrown out of court, because of Garre's previous statements: "The government has said that whatever AT&T is doing with the government is a state secret...As a consequence, no evidence can come in whether the individuals' communications were ever accepted or whether we played any role in it." [Poulsen, Kevin. [http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/nsa-hearing-ope.html "NSA Judge: 'I feel like I'm in Alice in Wonderland'"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", August 15, 2007. Accessed June 3, 2008.]

Education

Kellogg received an A.B. from Stanford University in 1976, a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from Oxford University, St. Catherine’s College in 1979, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1982, graduating "magna cum laude". From 1982 to 1983 he was the editor of the "Harvard Law Review".

Career

Kellogg worked as a law clerk for Judge Malcolm Wilkey of the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, from 1982 to 1983, and then as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist until 1984. From 1984 to 1986, he worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Southern District of New York, and was an Assistant to the Solicitor General from 1987 to 1989. [ [http://www.khhte.com/attorneys_view.php?id=94 "Michael K. Kellogg"] , "Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.". Accessed June 2, 2008.]

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