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Laurence Hirsch Silberman
Former judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Laurence Hirsch Silberman served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appointed by Ronald Reagan and confirmed Oct 25, 1985. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed
- Oct 25, 1985
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1935
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitRonald Reagan · Oct 25, 1985 – Oct 2, 2022
Education
- Dartmouth CollegeA.B., 1957
- Harvard Law SchoolLL.B., 1961
Career
U.S. Army private, 1957-1958; Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961-1967; Lecturer, University of Hawaii Law School, 1962-1963; Attorney, Appellate Division, National Labor Relations Board, 1967-1969; Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, 1969-1970; Undersecretary of labor, 1970-1973; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1973-1974, 1978-1979, 1983-1985; Deputy attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-1975; Ambassador to Yugoslavia, U.S. Department of State, 1975-1977; President's special envoy on International Labor Organization Affairs, 1976; American Enterprise Institute, 1977-1985; senior fellow, 1977-1978; visiting fellow, 1978-1985; Executive vice president of strategic planning, Legal and Government Affairs, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California, 1979-1983; Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center, 1987-; adjunct professor of law, 1987-1999; distinguished visitor from the judiciary, 2000-; Co-chair, President's Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, 2004-2005
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