Top Cruz Staffer Follows the Senator's Footsteps to Become Texas Solicitor General

Breitbart Texas ^ | December 10, 2014 | Sarah Rumpf

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced on Wednesday that two of his staffers had accepted leading positions in the Office of the Texas Attorney General, taking the opportunity to follow in his footsteps and serve their home state.

Scott Keller, Cruz’s Chief Counsel, and Bernard McNamee, his Senior Domestic Policy Advisor, will both join Attorney General-elect Ken Paxton when he takes office in January. McNamee will be Paxton's Chief of Staff, and Keller will serve as the next Solicitor General of Texas, a position once held by Cruz. Keller graduated from Purdue University and the University of Texas School of Law, and had previously clerked for United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Before joining Cruz's office, McNamee spent several years in key roles at the Virginia Attorney General's Office and then was a partner with the McGuireWoods law firm. McNamee graduated from the University of Virginia and received his law degree from Emory University.

"Scott Keller and Bernie McNamee are both tremendous legal talents who will serve Texas well," said Cruz, in a press release congratulating the two. "They are dedicated, tireless professionals and while they will be missed in my Senate office, I am very pleased the Great State of Texas is recognizing the outstanding work they have performed by offering them key leadership positions in the Attorney General’s office."(continued)

[ExCTCitizen]

How are those two in relation to Cruz politics?’

[VRWCarea51]

Keller graduated from Purdue University and the University of Texas School of Law, and had previously clerked for United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy

That would make me double take for a second.