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Samuel Alito, Jr.'s Biography

Contact Information

Supreme Court of the United States
1 First Street, Northeast
Washington, DC 20543

Full Name:

Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Martha-Ann; 2 Children: Philip, Laura

Birth Date:

04/01/1950

Birth Place:

Trenton, NJ

Home City:

West Caldwell, NJ

JD, Yale Law School, 1975

AB, Princeton University, 1972

No political experience information on file.

Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 2006-present

Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1990-2006

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, January 31, 2006

Nominated by President George W. Bush, Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, November 10, 2005

United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1987-1990

Nominated by President George W. Bush, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, February 20, 1990

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, April 27, 1990

Deputy Assistant United States Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, 1985-1987

Assistant to the United States Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice, 1981-1985

Assistant United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1977-1981

Law Clerk, Honorable Leonard I. Garth, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1976-1977

Lifetime Fellow, American Bar Foundation, October 2000-present

Honorary Member, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International, April 2003-present

Member, National Italian American Foundation International Law Institute, 2005-present

Member, Constitution Project Sentencing Initiative, 2004-present

Advisory Board Member, Yale Law Journal Advisory Board, 2004-present

Member, American Law Institute, 2003-present

Member, Knollwood Tennis Club, 2003-present

Member, American Judicature Society, 2002-present

Member, National Italian American Foundation, 2002-present

Advisory Board, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, 1988-present

Member, Princeton Alumni Association of Essex County, New Jersey, 1987-present

Member, Yale Law School Alumni Association of New Jersey, 1987-present

Member, Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, 1983-present

Member, New York State Bar Association, 1982-present

Member, Essex County Bar Association, 1975-present

Member, New Jersey State Bar Association, 1975-present

Former Member, Concerned Alumni of Princeton

Chair, Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2001-2005

Member, Princeton Schools Committee of Essex County, 1998-2003

Member, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1997-2001

Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 1991-2000

Member, Seton Hall Law School Self Study Committee, 1999-2000

Member, Princeton Alumni Council Careers Committee, 1989-1991, 1993-1994

Chair, Careers Committee, Princeton Alumni Council Careers Committee, 1991-1993

Advisory Board Member, Federal Sentencing Reporter (Vera Institute for Justice), 1988-1993

Executive Committee, Lawyers' Advisory Committee for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1987-1990

Member, National Environmental Enforcement Council, 1987-1990

Member, Executive Board of Federal Practice and Procedure Committee, New Jersey State Bar Association, 1987-1989

Member, Princeton Club of Washington, DC, 1983-1987

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