Kagan private practice experience lags far behind other non-judge appointees

Solicitor-General Elena Kagan practiced law at the Williams & Connolly firm here in the nation’s capitol for only two years, a much briefer stint than the 20.5 year average of other Supreme Court Justices who had no prior judicial tenure before joining the nation’s highest court.

A Congressional Research Service study being circulated this afternoon by Senate Republicans notes is the source for that 20.5 year average in private practice.