U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar was an honored guest at the New York City Urban Debate League’s (NYCUDL) annual gala on a recent June evening that kicked off just hours after it was reported that her office won a narrow victory for the federal government in a major voting rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Prelogar attended the June 8 event at Tribeca Rooftop in Manhattan fresh from a tight 5-4 win in Allen v. Milligan, in which a majority found that the configuration of Alabama’s congressional districts violates the Voting Rights Act.