John P. Elwood

• False Claims Act Qui Tam Litigation

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 1996

Georgia

3rd Circuit

4th Circuit

5th Circuit

7th Circuit

8th Circuit

9th Circuit

10th Circuit

11th Circuit

D.C. Circuit

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. Supreme Court

Head, Appellate and Supreme Court practice group

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

2019 - Current

Partner

Vinson & Elkins

2009 - 2019

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C.

2005 - 2009

Assistant to the Solicitor General

Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.

2002 - 2005

Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General

Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

2001 - 2002

Law clerk to Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

Supreme Court of the United States

1996 - 1997

Attorney

Appellate Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice

1994 - 1996

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia

1995 - 1995

Law clerk to Judge J. Daniel Mahoney

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

1993 - 1994

Yale Law School

J.D.

1993

Activities: Senior Editor, Yale Law Journal

Princeton University

A.B. (1989)

Honors: summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa

Appellate MVP

Law360

2015

Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service

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2005

Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service

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2002

Legal 500

U.S., Supreme Court & Appellate – Supreme Court

2010?2015

The Best Lawyers in America

, appellate practice

2013–2016

Washington’s Top Lawyers–Supreme Court

Washingtonian Magazine

2013–2014

"Litigation Star": National

Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation

2012?2016

Local Litigation Star

Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation

2012 - 2016

Georgia State Bar

Member

Current

ABA Standing Committee for Amicus Curiae Briefs

Member

Current

University of Virginia School of Law Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

Adviser

Current

Litigation Counsel of America

Fellow

Current

Edward Bennett Williams Inn of Court

Member

Current

Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court

Member

Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member

1996 - Current