Marc Elias
American lawyer (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marc Erik Elias (born February 1, 1969)[1] is an American Democratic Party elections lawyer.[2] In 2020, he founded Democracy Docket, a website focused on voting rights and election litigation in the United States, and he left his position as a partner at Perkins Coie to start the Elias Law Group in 2021.[3]
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Born | Marc Erik Elias (1969-02-01) February 1, 1969 (age 55) New York City, U.S. |
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Employer(s) | Democracy Docket (since 2020) Perkins Coie (until 2021) Elias Law Group (since 2021) |
Political party | Democratic |
Elias served as general counsel for the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign. In 2020 and 2021, on behalf of the Biden campaign and the Democratic National Committee, Elias oversaw the state-by-state response to lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign contesting the 2020 presidential election results. Of the 64 cases, he won all but one minor case, which was later overturned in his favor.[4][5][6]