Judicial service
Supreme Court of the United States
Judge
1986 – 2016 · 30 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan
District Court, District of Columbia
Judge
1982 – 1986 · 4 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan
Career
Visiting professor
Stanford University
1980 – 1981 · 1 yr
Visiting professor
Georgetown University
1977 – present · 49 yrs
Editor
Regulation, American Enterprise Institute
1977 – 1982 · 5 yrs
Professor of law
University of Chicago
1977 – 1982 · 5 yrs
Assistant attorney general
Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
1974 – 1977 · 3 yrs
Chairman
U.S. Administrative Conference
1972 – 1974 · 2 yrs
General counsel
Office of Telecommunications Policy, Executive Office of the President
1971 – 1972 · 1 yr
professor of law
1970 – 1974 · 4 yrs
Faculty
University of Virginia Law School
1967 – 1974 · 7 yrs
associate professor
1967 – 1970 · 3 yrs
Sheldon fellow
Harvard University
1960 – 1961 · 1 yr
Private practice
1960 – 1967 · 7 yrs
Education
LL.B., Harvard University