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| Circuit Judge Gary Bergosh, Florida Solicitor General Amit Agarwal, and Escambia County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh at Pensacola Yacht Club, Wednesday September 26, 2018 |
The Federalist Society of the Emerald Coast welcomed Florida Solicitor General Amit Agarwal to Pensacola Wednesday evening.
The assembled gathering of about 50 local attorneys, current and former judges, elected officials, and interested citizens welcomed Mr. Agarwal to the Pensacola Yacht Club for a very enlightening, often humorous and personal question and answer session between he and Federalist Society of the Emerald Coast President Gary Bergosh.
When asked about how he came to be in the legal profession, Agarwal recalled the way this happened. "My parents wanted me to be a doctor, but I wanted to study Philosophy" he quipped. he continued "My dad was persistent, he told me that I should get an MD and a PHD, and HE would be alright with that."
After completing his undergraduate studies at Duke University, Agarwal moved to Washington DC.
"I wanted to do something in print journalism, so I applied at every newspaper in the area up there, and didn't get any offers" he mused.
Eventually, he landed a job with CSPAN doing a video series on books, which required he be involved in every part of the process of that series, to include research, reading, writing, production, and even doing live segments on the street with people, asking them which books they currently were reading.
"The only part of me that ever made it on the show was my hand, holding the microphone as I interviewed people" he said with a chuckle.
After three years at CSPAN, Agarwal decided he wanted to go into the law profession. He applied to, was accepted, and completed his law studies at Georgetown.
He then answered questions about the judges for whom he clerked, to include Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh among several others, and he had interesting stories to tell about each of these men and how the experiences working for these Judges and Justices shaped his early career.
Agarwal also detailed the specifics of what he does as Solicitor General of the State of Florida, including a brief discussion of some of the 30 current cases which he and his staff of just 4 attorneys are working on presently.
"It is a lot of work, and thankfully I have some really talented attorneys in the office who can turn these projects around quickly when necessary." he said, complimenting his staff.
The evening went by quickly, but it was an enlightening conversation. Those who missed it missed an opportunity to get an inside glimpse into the person behind the position of Solicitor General.
As the session wound down, it was pointed out that Agarwal had never before been to Pensacola.
"I was born in Texas and raised in South Florida--never made it over to Pensacola until now. But I'll be coming back with my kids and you'll hear us coming, I'll be staying at the Beach" he said with a laugh.
Learn more about Amit Agarwal here.
Learn more about the Federalist Society here.
Can’t you hire or have another ME appointed. Also look into the number of people she has hired and who have either quit or been let go in their probationary period. It was excessive a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this., The case with the Bay View cross has certainly demonstrated the need to get back to the basics of constitutional law and intent in our government locally and nationally. This hearing with Kavanaugh clearly shows that processes are in place for a reason. I'm no expert and couldn't bring myself to watch the ordeal but think it should not even have been conducted in that fashion.
ReplyDeleteLittle off topic but the conservative judicial process must be honored. I am furious after watching the hearings about Kavanaugh. Linsey Graham said it. When to allow a protester in the hall is verbal assault to Graham. God help us. The democrats are unconscionable.
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