• District Court, District of Columbia

  Judge

  1982 – 1988 · 6 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

Career

• rejected by Senate

  October 23

  1987 – present · 39 yrs

• Private practice

  Washington, D.C.

  1981 – 1982 · 1 yr

• Solicitor general of the United States

  1973 – 1977 · 4 yrs

• Acting attorney general

  U.S. Department of Justice

  1973 – 1974 · 1 yr

• Professor

  Yale Law School

  1962 – 1981 · 19 yrs

• Private practice

  1955 – 1962 · 7 yrs

• U.S. Marine Corps

  1950 – 1952 · 2 yrs

• U.S. Marine Corps

  1945 – 1946 · 1 yr

Education