When you begin life in a small town in north central South Carolina, even though two of your ancestors were signatories to the Declaration of Independence and one fought side-by-side with George Washington, it might not be obvious you are destined to become thoroughly enmeshed in matters central to Washington, D.C.

Irwin Goldbloom's oral history describes his early years in the Army, college, and working as a lawyer in New York before moving to and Washington, DC. He handled a case that many considered to be part of the whole Watergate scenario.

Read about trailblazing criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor Carol Garfiel Freeman.

Read the Judge Stephen F. Williams' views on standing, administrative law, business law, affirmative action, criminal law and sentencing.

Patricia M. Wald served 20 years on the D.C. Circuit Court (1979-1999), five of them as Chief Judge (1989-1994). She was the first woman to hold those positions. She wrote more than 800 judicial opinions.

“James L. Buckley may have come from a wider range of experience in the federal legislative and executive branches than any other federal judge in history, or at least recent history.”  So writes Stuart Taylor...