Jeremy Feigenbaum
{{Short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Jeremy Feigenbaum.jpg
| office = Solicitor General of New Jersey
| term_start = July 2020
| predecessor = Office established
| appointer = Phil Murphy
| education = {{ubl|Brown University|Harvard University (JD)}}
}}
Jeremy Michael Feigenbaum is an American lawyer who has served as the inaugural Solicitor General of New Jersey since July 2020.
Early life and education
Feigenbaum grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, and graduated from Bergen County Academies in 2007.{{Cite web |last=Gary |first=Abigail Schade |date=2007-07-27 |title=Visit to Holocaust site leads to contest prize |url=https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/visit-to-holocaust-site-leads-to-contest-prize/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=The Jewish Standard |language=en-US}} He then attended college at Brown University, where he wrote for The Brown Daily Herald, graduating in 2011;{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Feigenbaum |url=https://www.browndailyherald.com/staff/jeremyfeigenbaum |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=The Brown Daily Herald |language=en-US}} and is a 2014 graduate of Harvard Law School. After graduating, he clerked for Judge William A. Fletcher of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Associate Justice Elena Kagan of the United States Supreme Court, before joining Kirkland & Ellis, and later the New Jersey attorney general's office.{{Cite web |title=Alumni in Residence with Jeremy Feigenbaum J.D. '14 of the Attorney General's Office of New Jersey |url=https://hls.harvard.edu/events/alumni-in-residence-with-jeremy-feigenbaum-j-d-14-of-the-attorney-generals-office-of-new-jersey/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Harvard Law School |language=en-us}}
Cases
He represented New Jersey in the case of Trump v. CASA in 2025.{{Cite news |date=2025-05-15 |title=The Latest: Supreme Court hears arguments in case over Trump’s birthright citizenship order |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/15/supreme-court-trump-birthright-citizenship/d30750da-3195-11f0-8498-1f8214bba2d2_story.html |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} Previously, he also argued for the state in New York v. New Jersey (2023),{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2023 |title= Statement from Governor Murphy on Today’s U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument in New York v. New Jersey |url=https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562023/20230301b.shtml |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=nj.gov |language=en}} which was found unanimously in the state's favor.{{Cite news |last=Wildstein |first=David |date=2023-04-18 |title=New Jersey remains undefeated in lawsuits against New York |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/judiciary/new-jersey-remains-undefeated-in-lawsuits-against-new-york/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |work=New Jersey Globe |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Feigenbaum married Adam Amir in September 2023.{{Cite magazine |title=MD Class of 1983 |url=https://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/classes/md-class-of-1983 |magazine=Brown Alumni Magazine |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.njoag.gov/about/leadership/jeremy-feigenbaum-bio/ Official biography]
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Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:American LGBTQ lawyers
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Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:People associated with Kirkland & Ellis
Category:People from Teaneck, New Jersey