The son of Punjabi immigrant parents, Katyal served as the Acting Solicitor General of the United States during the tenure of President Barack Obama. He argued and won this important tariff case on behalf of small businesses.
Katyal argued against Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 to impose “unjust, unconstitutional tariffs” on imports from nearly every trading partner.
On Friday, after the Supreme Court verdict, Katyal posted on Instagram, “Victory!” “I, the son of an immigrant, was able to go to court and have American small businesses say that the president was acting illegally. That’s one of the best things about the American system,” Katyal said in an interview with MS Now.
We have a system that allows us to say, ‘You can be the most powerful person in the world, but you still can’t break the Constitution.'” It is worth noting that Katyal was born in Chicago in 1970. Her mother is a pediatrician and her father is an engineer. Both came to the United States from India.
But the most touching moment wasn’t about legal or executive orders. That’s when “The World’s Best Litigator” stopped by to talk about his legacy.
Katyal was born in Chicago to Indian immigrants—his mother a doctor and father an engineer—who had arrived from Punjab just a year before he was born. When asked how his Punjabi roots influenced this memorable battle, Katyal spoke of a legacy of “courage and fearlessness”. He often credits the immigrant experience — especially the “Punjabi spirit” of hard work and courage — as the engine behind his career.
Neil Katyal is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Milbank LLP and a professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center. He has also served as a visiting professor at Harvard and Yale Law Schools.
He is the U.S. 54 cases have been argued in the Supreme Court. He served as the Minnesota State Special Prosecutor in the George Floyd murder case. He also argued in Trump’s 2017 travel ban case.
He has received the Edmund Randolph Award, the US is the highest civilian award given by the Department of Justice. He is the author of the book “Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump”.
Chief Justice of the United States DA. Appointed him to the Advisory Committee on Federal Appellate Rules in 2011 and 2014. He was named litigator of the year by The American Lawyer in 2017 and 2023. He was included in the Forbes list of America’s Top 200 Lawyers in 2024 and 2025.
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