whether and how to appeal in a year than any other lawyer makes in a life time," he said.

Conway or Cooper?

Sources say that Trump is considering Conway, a corporate attorney out of New York who is married to Kellyanne Conway a senior adviser to the President-elect. In many ways, picking Conway -- a partner of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz -- would be a vintage move for Trump because Conway is an outside-the-Beltway choice. Although Conway has only argued one case before the court, it was a big win. He's got all of the qualifications for the job.

The fact that he only argued once gives him more experience than Elena Kagan who served as solicitor general from 2009 to 2010. She had never argued before the justices.

Another personon Trump's list is Cooper.

Unlike Conway, Cooper is often at the Supreme Court. He hails from Alabama, clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist, and has argued several cases before the Supreme Court. It was Cooper who stepped in to defend California's Proposition 8, a referendum that banned gay marriage. Most recently he worked behind the scenes to help prepare Sen. Jeff Sessions for his confirmation hearing for attorney general.

Why would an established lawyer give up a law practice to go back into government? Because the role is considered a dream job. Caplan says the job means a lawyer gets to "practice at the apex of the American constitutional system" and run a staff of about 20 exceedingly smart lawyers. "They follow the court more closely than anyone in