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Richard Allen Posner
Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Richard Allen Posner served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Appointed by Ronald Reagan and confirmed Nov 24, 1981. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed
- Nov 24, 1981
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1939
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitRonald Reagan · Nov 24, 1981 – Sep 2, 2017
Education
- Yale CollegeA.B., 1959
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1962
Career
Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1962-1963; Legal assistant to the commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, 1963-1965; Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1965-1967; General counsel, President's Task Force on Communications, 1967-1968; Associate professor, Stanford Law School, 1968-1969; Faculty, University of Chicago Law School, 1969-; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1994-2000
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