Brian Fletcher

Brian Fletcher is an American lawyer who served as the principal deputy solicitor general of the United States. He served as Acting Solicitor General from August 11, 2021, until Elizabeth Prelogar's confirmation on October 21, 2021.

Early life and education Fletcher graduated from Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, where he was the runner-up of the 1997 Tournament of Champions in Lincoln–Douglas debate and a two-time Iowa state debate champion. He then graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a degree in Ethics, Politics and Economics. At Yale, Fletcher competed in the American Parliamentary Debate Association, winning the national championship and the awards for the top individual speaker and the top team in 2001. Fletcher next attended Harvard Law School, graduating summa cum laude in 2006. At Harvard, Fletcher won the Fay Diploma as the top student in his class over the course of law school, won the Sears Prize as one of the top two students of both his first and second years, and served as president of the Harvard Law Review. After five years at the Office of the Solicitor General, Fletcher joined the faculty of Stanford Law School, co-directing the law school's Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and being an associate professor. On August 11, 2021, Fletcher began serving as acting Solicitor General of the United States while Elizabeth Prelogar awaited confirmation. In January 2025, he was succeeded by Sarah M. Harris.

In September 2025, he rejoined the faculty of Stanford Law School as the Edwin A. Heafey, Jr. Visiting Professor of Law.