Ted Cruz, as Solicitor General of Texas, led the office of 4,000 employees, including 700 lawyers.
During private practice at Morgan Lewis, Ted Cruz built their appellate practice to be one of the top 20 law firms on National Law Journal's "Appellate Hot List" in 2010.
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I used to use that talking point too. He was a government lawyer is a pretty weak answer to the never running anything charge. Ted has never ran anything big like a successful company or state. He needs training.
I’m not sure that expanding the power and scope of lawyers is what we are looking for in a President.