On March 31, President Trump nominated Jonathan Berry to serve as the Solicitor of Labor. The top lawyer position is the third most senior role at the Labor Department, after the Secretary and Deputy Secretary.
Mr. Berry is currently managing partner at the law firm Boyden Grey. He wrote the chapter on Labor Department policies for Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s policy agenda for the second Trump administration.
During the first Trump Administration, the nominee served in various policy roles at the Labor and Justice Departments. He previously practiced law with two management-side law firms. Berry has an undergraduate degree from Yale College and a law degree from Columbia University. He served as a law clerk to Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Jerry Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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