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Laurence Silberman

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Laurence Silberman
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Current Court Information:
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title:   Senior judge
Position:   43
Station:   D.C.
Service:
Appointed by:   Ronald Reagan
Active:   10/28/1985 - 11/1/2000
Senior:   11/1/2000 - Present
Preceded by:   New Seat
Succeeded by:   Brett Kavanaugh
Personal History
Born:   1935
Home State:   York, PA
Bachelors:   Dartmouth '57
Law School:   Harvard Law '61

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Laurence Hirsch Silberman is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He joined the court in 1985 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. He is serving on senior status.

Education

Silberman graduated from Dartmouth with his Bachelor's degree in 1957 and later graduated from Harvard Law with his LL.B degree in 1961. [1]

Professional 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, Washington, DC, 1967-1969
  • Solicitor of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, 1969-1970
  • U.S. undersecretary of labor, Washington, DC, 1970-1973
  • Private practice, Washington, DC, 1973-1974, 1978-1979. 1983-1985
  • Deputy attorney general of the United States, 1974-1975
  • Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-1977
  • President's special envoy on ILO Affairs, 1976
  • Senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1977-1978
  • Visiting fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1978-1985
  • Executive vice president of strategic planning, Legal and Government Affairs, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California, 1979-1983
  • Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown Law Center, 1987-present [1]

Judicial career

On the recommendation of the at-large Congressional delegation for the District of Columbia, Williams was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 11, 1985 to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333 which was approved by Congress. Silberman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 25, 1985 on a a senate vote and received commission on October 28, 1985. Silberman assumed senior status on November 1, 2000. [1]

Judicial pay dispute

Silberman is one of eight judges pressing a claim that Congress has violated the Constitution's compensation clause by failing to honor promised judicial salary increases in five separate years. The case was thrown out on October 16, 2009, but the group of judges are appealing it to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. [2]

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Federal judicial offices
Preceded by:
NA-new seat
Circuit Court of Appeals for D.C.
1985–2000
Succeeded by:
Brett Kavanaugh



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