- Born
- 1946 in Chicago, IL
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
- Political affiliation
- Republican (via appointer)
Education
- Cornell UniversityB.S., 1970
Professional career
- Law clerk, Hon. Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1973-1974
- Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975
- Professor of law, Harvard University, 1975-1983
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1984
- Administrator for information and regulatory affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 1984-1985
- Assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1985-1986
- Visiting professor of law, Columbia University, 1987-1988
- Lecturer on law, Harvard University, 1988-1989
- Distinguished adjunct professor of law, George Mason University, 1988-2010
- Visiting senior lecturer, University of Chicago, 1990-present
- Distinguished visiting scholar, New York Law School, 2006-2009
- Lecturer in law, Columbia University, 2009-2011
- Professor of law, New York University Law School, 2011-2013
- Professor of law, George Mason University, 2013-present
Judicial service
- Judge, District Court, District of Columbia, 1986-2011
Source: CourtListener / Free Law Project public biographical data. Demographic and political labels are incomplete, source-attributed, and are not used to infer judicial behavior. “Via appointer” describes CourtListener’s attribution method, not verified personal party membership.