Alumna featured in 'National Law Journal'
<p>Arizona Solicitor General Mary O’Grady (Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Class of 1987) is profiled as “Appellate Lawyer of the Week” in a recent issue of The National Law Journal.</p><separator></separator><p>O’Grady will make her first argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in the new term in Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Candelaria, where she will defend against a federal preemption challenging Arizona’s law imposing sanctions on employers hiring illegal aliens.</p><separator></separator><p>She also is involved in an Arizona school choice taxation case, a challenge to the state’s campaign finance law and a federal court battle over the Arizona’s new controversial immigration bill.</p><separator></separator><p>O’Grady, who has been Solicitor General for eight years, serves at the pleasure of the Attorney General. The current office holder, Terry Goddard, is termed out, and a new attorney general will be sworn in next January.</p><separator></separator><p>To read the full article, click <a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202470215679&slret… style="font-family: &amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN">Janie Magruder, </span><a href="mailto:Jane.Magruder@asu.edu">Jane.Magruder@asu.edu</a><span style="font-family: &amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN"><br />(480) 727-9052<br />Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law</span></p>