Stephen McAllister
United States Attorney for the District of Kansas
In office
January 25, 2018 – February 28, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byBarry Grissom
Succeeded byDuston Slinkard (acting)
Solicitor General of Kansas
In office
2007–2018
Succeeded byToby Crouse[1]
Personal details
Born (1962-11-27) November 27, 1962 (age 61)
EducationUniversity of Kansas (BA, JD)

Stephen Robert McAllister (born November 27, 1962) is an American attorney, academic, and former government official. He served as the United States Attorney for the District of Kansas from 2018 to 2021. He also serves as the E.S. & Tom W. Hampton Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law.[2] He was formerly the Solicitor General of Kansas.

Biography

McAllister was born on born November 27, 1962.[3] A graduate of the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas School of Law, McAllister clerked for Richard Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Clarence Thomas and Byron R. White of the United States Supreme Court . After law school, he worked in private practice in the Washington D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.[4] He also served as the interim director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics from 2003 to 2004.[5]

McAllister has argued nine times before the U.S. Supreme Court. He currently teaches federal and state constitutional law and federal civil rights law at the University of Kansas School of Law. He first joined the school's faculty in 1993.[2] He was the dean of the University of Kansas School of Law from 2000 to 2005.[4] He served as the Solicitor General of Kansas from 2007 to 2018, after previously serving as the Solicitor of the State of Kansas from 1999 to 2003.[6]

On February 8, 2021, he along with 55 other Trump-era attorneys were asked to resign.[7] He resigned on February 28, 2021.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "AG Derek Schmidt names Toby Crouse to serve as Kansas Solicitor General".
  2. ^ a b "President Donald J. Trump Announces Sixth Wave of United States Attorney Nominations". whitehouse.gov. September 8, 2017. Retrieved October 23, 2017 – via National Archives.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "Stephen Robert McAllister CV" (PDF). ku.edu. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Foster, Samantha (September 9, 2017). "Trump nominates KU law professor Stephen McAllister for U.S. Attorney for Kansas". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  5. ^ Brey, Nolan (September 17, 2017). "Law professor planning to leave University to serve as U.S. Attorney for Kansas". The University Daily Kansan. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Lowry, Bryan (September 8, 2017). "Trump picks state solicitor general, KU law professor for U.S. attorney for Kansas". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  7. ^ Balsamo, Michael (February 9, 2021). "Justice Dept. seeks resignations of Trump-era US attorneys". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister Steps Down Effective February 28" (Press release). Topeka, Kansas: United States Attorney's Office. February 26, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

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