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Daniel Mortimer Friedman

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1978–1982

Daniel Mortimer Friedman , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Daniel Mortimer Friedman (February 8, 1916 – July 6, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and previously was chief judge of the United States Court of Claims.

Education

  • Columbia UniversityA.B., 1937
  • Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1940

Career

Private practice, New York City, 1940-1942; Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., 1942, 1946-1951; U.S. Army, 1942-1946; Assistant chief, Appellate Section, Antitrust Divison, U.S. Department of Justice, 1951-1959; Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1959-1978; assistant to the solicitor general, 1959-1962; second assistant to the solicitor general, 1962-1968; first deputy solicitor general, 1968-1978; acting solicitor general, 1977; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1978-1982; Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1983-1987

Biography

Daniel Mortimer Friedman (February 8, 1916 – July 6, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and previously was chief judge of the United States Court of Claims.

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