TheSolicitor General of Texas is the top appellatesolicitor or lawyer for the U.S. state ofTexas. It is an appointed position in the Office of theTexas Attorney General that focuses on the office's major appellate cases. The majority of the cases handled by the solicitor are argued in theUnited States Supreme Court and theSupreme Court of Texas. However some cases within the solicitor's responsibilities are under thejurisdiction of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the state appellate courts.^[1] The solicitor represents theAttorney General of Texas before theSupreme Court of Texas and otherappellate courts, as needed. The Office of the Solicitor General writes most of theamicus briefs filed by the Texas attorney general's office.

The position was created in January 1999^[1] by Texas Attorney GeneralJohn Cornyn and was first filled byGreg Coleman. It is a similar position to solicitors in many states and is modeled after theSolicitor General of the United States.^[1] The office has one principal deputy, two deputies, and other assistant solicitors general.

• J. Campbell Barker, Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2019–present
• Jimmy Blacklock, Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of Texas, 2018–2025, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, 2025 - Present
• Ted Cruz,U.S. Senator fromTexas, 2013–present
• S. Kyle Duncan, Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2018–present
• James C. Ho, Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2018–present
• Sean D. Jordan, Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2019–present
• Jonathan F. Mitchell, Chairman of theAdministrative Conference of the United States (Nominee)
• Andy Oldham, Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2018–present
• Lawrence VanDyke, Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2020–present, Solicitor General of Nevada (2015–2019), Solicitor General of Montana (2013–2014)

The following is a table of solicitors general of Texas.^[2]

Parties

  Republican (10)  Democratic (0)  No party (0)

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Attorney General
1		Greg Coleman	1999	2001		John Cornyn
2		Julie Parsley	2001	2002
3		Ted Cruz	January 9, 2003	May 12, 2008		Greg Abbott
4		James C. Ho	May 2008	December 9, 2010
5		Jonathan F. Mitchell	December 10, 2010	January 5, 2015
6		Scott A. Keller	January 2015	September 10, 2018		Ken Paxton
7		Kyle D. Hawkins	September 10, 2018	February 1, 2021
8		Judd Stone	February 1, 2021	October 2023
9		Aaron L. Nielson	November 13, 2023	July 7, 2025
10		William R. Peterson	July 7, 2025[3][4]	Present

• Office of the Attorney General of Texas

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