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Greg Cui is a Counsel for the Supreme Court and Appellate Program at the MacArthur Justice Center. He identifies and litigates strategic civil rights and criminal justice cases in federal courts across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court. His docket covers a broad range of issues, including qualified immunity, sovereign immunity, restrictions on federal habeas corpus, the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and state and federal constitutional law relating to prisons, policing, and punishment. As a senior attorney, Greg supervises case teams and trains junior attorneys serving as legal fellows. Greg also teaches a legal practice course at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Prior to joining MacArthur, Greg was an associate in the Supreme Court and Appellate practice group at Sidley Austin LLP. At Sidley, Greg briefed high-stakes appeals in federal court on a number of complex issues. He also led a team of pro bono attorneys who partnered with the National Immigrant Justice Center to bring a strategic lawsuit challenging the federal government’s detention of noncitizens in appalling conditions at a county jail in Indiana. For his work, NIJC honored Greg with the Rising Star Award in 2023.
Greg previously served as a law clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court. He also served as a law clerk to Judge William A. Fletcher of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and for Judge Jesse M. Furman on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Greg earned his J.D. from Yale Law School and his B.A. from Rutgers University – New Brunswic