A leading U.S. Supreme Court advocate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr is heading to the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C., to serve with Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, according to two people familiar with the move.
Paul Wolfson's departure from Wilmer was revealed on Thursday in a series of court filings in which he withdrew from representing client Harvard College. Wolfson was on the Wilmer team defending Harvard's race-consciousWolfson, co-chairman of the firm's appellate and Supreme Court practice, and a Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment about his move. Wolfson plans to leave the firm on Aug. 20, the court records show.
Wilmer appellate partner William Lee in Boston called Wolfson "an extraordinary lawyer, an extraordinary partner, but a better friend." The associate attorney general's office oversees DOJ divisions including civil rights, antitrust and environment and natural resources.
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