Laurence Hirsch Silberman
Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit. Nominated by Ronald Reagan on September 11, 1985, to a new seat authorized by 98 Stat. 333; Confirmed by the Senate on October 25, 1985, and received commission on October 28, 1985. Assumed senior status on November 1, 2000.
Dartmouth College, A.B., 1957
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1961
Professional Career:
U.S. Army Private, 1957-1958
Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961-1967
Lecturer, University of Hawaii Law School, 1962-1963
Attorney, Appellate Division, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C., 1967-1969
Solicitor of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1969-1970
U.S. undersecretary of labor, Washington, D.C., 1970-1973
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1973-1974, 1978-1979. 1983-1985
Deputy attorney general of the United States, 1974-1975
Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-1977
President’s special envoy on ILO Affairs, 1976
Senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1977-1978
Visiting fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1978-1985
Executive vice president of strategic planning, Legal and Government Affairs, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California, 1979-1983
Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown Law Center, 1987-present