Elizabeth Prelogar Honored With Servant of Justice Award

Washington, DC – April 29, 2026 – Cooley partner Elizabeth Prelogar was honored by Legal Aid DC with the Servant of Justice Award – the highest award conferred by the organization.

Throughout her career, Prelogar has demonstrated a sustained dedication to public service through federal government work and high-impact pro bono litigation, including in cases focused on protecting civil rights, democracy and voting, and the rule of law.

Prelogar leads Cooley’s Supreme Court and appellate practice and is widely considered one of the nation’s top appellate lawyers. She has argued 36 cases in the Supreme Court, delivering more Supreme Court arguments since 2021 than any other advocate. Her matters have included some of the most high-profile, consequential cases of our time, involving pressing and complex issues of constitutional law, administrative law, taxation, statutory interpretation, criminal law, environmental regulation, technology, civil rights and antitrust.

Before returning to Cooley last year, Prelogar served as the 48th Solicitor General of the United States from 2021 to 2025. In this capacity, she served as a principal legal advisor to the executive branch and was responsible for conducting and supervising all Supreme Court litigation on behalf of the United States and overseeing the federal government’s appellate strategy in lower courts. In previous roles, she served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Assistant to the Solicitor General, and Associate Special Counsel. She also clerked for Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan, as well as Judge Merrick Garland of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Prelogar was celebrated at Legal Aid DC’s 36th Annual Servant of Justice Awards Dinner in Washington, DC, alongside co-honoree, Grace Speights, a partner at Morgan Lewis. Prelogar and Speights were honored for their outstanding careers, commitment to public service and pursuit of justice. Judge Garland introduced Prelogar, and Andrew Goldstein – head of Cooley’s white collar defense and investigations practice and co-chair of this year’s Servant of Justice Awards Dinner – gave remarks on behalf of Prelogar and in support of Legal Aid DC.

Founded in 1932, Legal Aid DC is a nonprofit law office committed to providing free, high-quality civil legal advice and services to low-income people in the District of Columbia. Legal Aid DC is the District’s oldest and largest civil legal services organization and providing assistance with respect to housing, public benefits, consumer law, family law, domestic violence, immigration and reentry.

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