Judicial service
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge
1979 – 1997 · 18 yrsAppointed by Jimmy Carter
District Court, D. Connecticut
Judge
1971 – 1979 · 8 yrsAppointed by Richard Nixon
Career
Private practice
1969 – 1971 · 2 yrs
U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut
1964 – 1969 · 5 yrs
Administrative assistant
1963 – 1964 · 1 yr
Executive assistant to the Secretary of Health
Education, and Welfare
1961 – 1962 · 1 yr
Special counsel
1960 – present · 66 yrs
Private practice
1958 – 1960 · 2 yrs
Senior law clerk
Hon. Earl Warren, Supreme Court of the United States
1957 – 1958 · 1 yr
Law clerk
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
1956 – 1957 · 1 yr
U.S. Army Reserve
1954 – 1962 · 8 yrs
Education
A.B., Princeton UniversityLL.B., Yale University