Admitted
1978, District of Columbia; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits
Law School
Yale University, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Harvard University, A.B., summa cum laude, 1973
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar; American Law Institute; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Academy of Appellate Attorneys; Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Rockefeller Fellow, 1973-1974. Recipient: Thomas Jefferson Medal in Law, University of Virginia, 2002; Rex Lee Advocacy Award, Brigham Young University, 2002; Edmund J. Randolph Award, United States Department of Justice, 2001; Pursuit of Justice Award, International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, 2001; American Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Award, 1988; Anti-Defamation League Benjamin J. Cardozo Certificate of Merit, 1987. Editor, 1975-1976, and Managing Editor, 1976-1977, Yale Law Journal. Law Clerk to Judge Gerhard A. Gesell, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1977-1978. Author: What Kind of Immunity? Federal Officers, State Criminal Law, and the Supremacy Clause, 112 Yale L.J. (May 2003); Federalism, Law Enforcement, and the Supremacy Clause: The Strange Case of Ruby Ridge, 50 U. Kan. L. Rev. 141 (2002); Rebuilding Bridges: The Bar, the Bench, and the Academy, 150 Penn. L. Rev. 1905 (2002); Does the Solicitor General Matter? 52 Stan. L. Rev. 1115 (2001); Defending Congress, 79 N.C. L. Rev. 1073 (2001); In the Shadow of Daniel Webster: Arguing Appeals in the Twenty-First Century, The Federal Lawyer, Vol. 47, No. 10 (2000); Twins at Birth: Civil Rights and the Role of the Solicitor General, 75 Ind. L.J. 1297 (2000); The Physics of Persuasion: Arguing the New Deal, 88 Geo. L.J. 2399 (2000); 'Presenting the Case of the United States As It Should Be': The Solicitor General in Historical Context, J.S. Ct. Hist., Vol. II, at 3 (1998); Balancing the See-Saw: The Religion Clauses in the Clinton Era, 99 The Jewish Lawyer, Vol. II, No. 2 (1996); Enforcing a Congressional Mandate, 85 Yale L.J. 721 (1976). Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center, 2001—. Visiting Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 2001. Visiting Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Politics, Harvard University, 2001. Solicitor General of the United States, 1997-2001. Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States, 1997. Dep