William Brennan
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William J. Brennan, Jr. served on the United States Supreme Court from 1956 until 1990, retiring for health reasons.
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Legal Education and Experience
Justice Brennan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1928, and by 1931 had received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. Brennan then returned to his hometown of Newark, New Jersey and there practiced labor law until 1949; during World II, Bennan served as an Army Judge Advocate General. After the war, Brennan was appointed to the New Jersey Superior Court (1949). "After a year, he was appointed to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. In 1952, he was named to the New Jersey Supreme Court."[1]
