17th Chief Justice of the United StatesWashington, District of Columbia USA
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
2003–2005
Federal JudgeWashington, District of Columbia USA
Hogan & Hartson
1993–2003
PartnerWashington, District of Columbia USA
United States Department of Justice
1989–1993
Washington, District of Columbia USA
Hogan & Hartson
1986–1989
Associate in private law practiceWashington, District of Columbia USA
Office of White House Counsel Fred Fielding
1982–1986
Associate Counsel to President Ronald ReaganWashington, District of Columbia USA
Office of the United States Attorney General
1981–1982
Special Assistant to Attorney General William French SmithWashington, District of Columbia USA
Supreme Court of the United States of America
1980–1981
Law Clerk for then Associate Justice William H. RehnquistWashington, District of Columbia USA
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1979–1980
Law Clerk to Judge Henry FriendlyNew York, New York USA
Professional memberships
American Law InstitutePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania USA
Edward Coke Appellate American Inn of CourtAlexandria, Virginia USA
National Legal Center for the Public InterestWashington, District of Columbia USAServed on their Legal Advisory Council
1996–present
The Lawyers Club of Washington Washington, District of Columbia USA
Republican National Lawyers AssociationWashington, District of Columbia USA Member
Professional affiliations
Federal Appellate Rules Advisory CommitteeWashington, District of Columbia USAMember
American Academy of Appellate LawyersRockville, Maryland, USA
Accomplishments of note
2000
Advisor: to Florida Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush after 2000 electionsState of Florida, USA
with Governor Jeb Bush, whose brother George W. Bush was running against Al Gore in the US presidential electionThe 2000 presidential election hinged upon the results in Florida; eventual victor George W. Bush nominated John Roberts to become Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in 2005
1993
Author: Riding the Coattails of the Solicitor General The Wall Street Journal May 5, 1993 edition
1993
The New Solicitor General and the Power of the AmicusThe Wall Street Journal
1990
Author: New Rules and Old Pose Stumbling Blocks in High Court CasesLegal Times
with E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.
Professional honors and awards
Edmund J. Randolph Award for outstanding service to the Department of JusticeUnited States Department of Justice For outstanding service to the Department of Justice
Community
Club memberships
1992–present
Trent Jones Golf Club Virginia
Community honors and awards
2012
American of the YearEsquire Magazine
Nationality
American
Denomination
Roman Catholic
Sports
Golf
Education
University
Harvard College, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts USA Artium Baccalaureus summa cum laudeHistory1973–1976Graduated with highest honors after completing his studies in three years; member of Phi Beta Kappa; wrote a 175-page undergraduate thesis on the fall of British liberalism
Doctoral
Harvard Law School, Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts USAJuris Doctor magna cum laude Law1976–1979Graduated with high honors; managing editor of the Harvard Law Review
Publications
Developments in the Law — Zoning, The Takings Clause
Co-authors: Section III of a longer article beginning on p. 1427; 91 Harv. L. Rev. 1462
Publisher: Harvard Law Review1978
Comment, Contract Clause — Legislative Alteration of Private Pension Agreements: Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus,"
Co-authors: Subsection C of a longer article beginning on p. 57; 92 Harv. L. Rev. 86
Publisher: Harvard Law Review1978
Article III Limits on Statutory Standing
Publisher: Duke Law Journal1993
Duke Law Journal 42: 1219
The 1992–1993 Supreme Court
Publisher: Public Interest Law Review 1994
Public Interest Law Review 107
Forfeitures: Does Innocence Matter?
Publisher: New Jersey Law Journal1995
Thoughts on Presenting an Effective Oral Argument
Publisher: School Law in Review 1997
Oral Advocacy and the Re-emergence of a Supreme Court Bar
Publisher: Journal of Supreme Court History 2005
Journal of Supreme Court History 30 (1): 68–81. Ref: 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1059-4329.2005.00098.x
What Makes the D.C. Circuit Different? A Historical View
Publisher: Virginia Law Review2006
Ref: Virginia Law Review 92 (3): 375
A Tribute to Chief Justice Rehnquist
Publisher: Harvard Law Review 2005
Harvard Law Review 119: 1