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Laurence Silberman's Biography

Contact Information

Office

E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse and William B. Bryant Annex
333 Constitution Avenue, Northwest
Washington, DC 20001

Full Name:

Laurence Hirsch Silberman

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1935

Birth Place:

York, PA

LLB, Harvard Law School, 1961

BA, Dartmouth College, 1957

No political experience information on file.

Co-Chair, President's Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, 2004-2005

Distinguished Visitor from the Judiciary, Georgetown University Law Center, 2000-present

Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2000-present

Faculty, Georgetown University Law Center, 1987-present

Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, 1996-2003

Judge, United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1985-2000

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1987-1999

Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1978-1985

Lawyer, Private Practice, Washington, District of Columbia, 1973-1974, 1978-1979, 1983-1985

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, October 25, 1985

Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, September 11, 1985

Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning, Legal and Government Affairs, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California, 1979-1983

Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1977-1978

Ambassador, Yugoslavia, United States Department of State, 1975-1977

Special Envoy, International Labor Organization Affairs, 1976

Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, 1974-1975

Undersecretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, 1970-1973

Solicitor, United States Department of Labor, 1969-1970

Attorney, Appellate Division, National Labor Relations Board, 1967-1969

Lawyer, Private Practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961-1967

Lecturer, University of Hawaii Law School, 1962-1963

Private, United States Army, 1957-1958

Member, Department of Defense Policy Board, 1981-1985

Member, General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, 1981-1985

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