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Robert Heron Bork
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit · 1982
Robert Heron Bork , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Robert Heron Bork was an American legal scholar who served as solicitor general of the United States from 1973 until 1977. A law professor by training, he was acting United States Attorney General from 1973 to 1974 and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1982 to 1988. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork to the U.S.
Education
- University of ChicagoB.A., 1948
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1953
Career
U.S. Marine Corps, 1945-1946, 1950-1952; Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1955-1962; Professor, Yale Law School, 1962-1981; Solicitor general of the United States, 1973-1977; Acting attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1973-1974; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1981-1982
Biography
Robert Heron Bork was an American legal scholar who served as solicitor general of the United States from 1973 until 1977. A law professor by training, he was acting United States Attorney General from 1973 to 1974 and a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1982 to 1988. In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated Bork to the U.S.
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