(Reuters) – William Consovoy, who championed conservative causes as a Washington, D.C.-area legal professional and based the legislation agency Consovoy McCarthy, died on Monday, the agency mentioned. He was 48.
His legislation associate Thomas McCarthy advised CNN in October that Consovoy was identified with mind most cancers two years in the past.
McCarthy mentioned in a press release on Tuesday that whereas Consovoy was recognized within the authorized group for his “good analytical thoughts,” he “had an enormous coronary heart and was essentially the most loyal of associates.”
Consovoy co-founded Arlington, Virginia-based Consovoy McCarthy in 2014. The agency has risen to prominence in Republican circles, with purchasers together with the Republican Nationwide Committee and Republican state officers.
Consovoy and his agency additionally represented former President Donald Trump in his lawsuits difficult congressional subpoenas for his private monetary data, each throughout and after Trump’s presidency.
He argued earlier than the U.S. Supreme Courtroom a number of occasions and had been set to seem earlier than the court docket once more final fall in a intently watched case difficult affirmative motion insurance policies at Harvard College. He withdrew from the arguments and was changed by one other legal professional at his agency.
Consovoy and McCarthy practiced earlier collectively at U.S. legislation agency Wiley Rein. Consovoy labored on a case there difficult elements of the Voting Rights Act, culminating in a 2013 Supreme Courtroom determination that gutted provisions of the landmark legislation.
Dean Ken Randall of the Antonin Scalia Regulation College at George Mason College, the place Consovoy earned his legislation diploma and later co-directed the Supreme Courtroom clinic, on Tuesday referred to as him “a rare expertise.”
Consovoy served as a legislation clerk for Choose Edith Jones of the fifth U.S. Circuit Courtroom of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Courtroom Justice Clarence Thomas.
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