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Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2009-present

Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1998-2009

Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 1986-1998

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, June 15, 1998

Nominated by President William J. Clinton, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, November 6, 1997

Associate/Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, 1964-1986

Associate Special Counsel/Senior Associate Special Counsel, Impeachment Inquiry, United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, 1974

Law Clerk, Honorable Arthur Lane, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1963-1964

Member/Fellow, American Bar Association, present

Member, New York City Bar Association, present

Member, American Judicature Society

Member, Board of Trustees, Columbia University Seminars on Media and Society

Member, Board of Visitors of the Columbia Law School

Advisory Board Member, Bureau of National Affairs' Media Law Reporter

Chair, National Council on Crime and Delinquency

Chair, Communications Law Committee 1986 89, New York City Bar Association

Officer/Director, William F. Kerby and Robert S. Potter Fund

Awards:

2008 Federal Bar Council's Learned Hand Medal for excellence in federal jurisprudence

Publications:

ACK ON DEFAMATION: LIBEL, SLANDER, AND RELATED PROBLEMS (4th ed. 2010)
Coauthor of ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL SPEECH: A FIRST AMENDMENT GUIDE (1999)
Protection of Opinion Under the First Amendment: Reflections on Alfred Hill, Defamation and Privacy Under the First Amendment," was published in the 100th Anniversary issue of the Columbia Law Review.