Law Clerk Addict

Bork, Robert Heron (D.C. Cir.)

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Title:

Former Judge (Retired) (1988)

2011-12 Hiring Status:

Unknown

Chambers:

None

Nomination Information:

Educational Background:

President:

Ronald Reagan

Law School:

University of Chicago, J.D., 1953

Nominated:

1981

Other Schools:

University of Chicago, B.A., 1948

Confirmed:

1982

Prior Federal Judicial Service:

None

Professional Career History:

U.S. Marine Corps, 1945-1946, 1950-1952

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1955-1962

Professor, Yale Law School, 1962-1981

Solicitor General of the United States, 1973-1977

Acting Attorney General of the United States, 1973-1974

Private practice, Washington, DC, 1981-1982

Nominated to Supreme Court of the United States, 1987; rejected by Senate