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Abraham David Sofaer
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York · 1979
Abraham David Sofaer , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Abraham David Sofaer (born May 6, 1938) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and legal adviser to the United States State Department. After resigning from the State Department, he became the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs at the Hoover Institution.
Education
- Yeshiva UniversityB.A., 1962
- New York University School of LawLL.B., 1965
Career
Law clerk, Hon. J. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1965-1966; Law clerk, Hon. William J. Brennan, Jr., Supreme Court of the United States, 1966-1967; Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1967-1969; Professor of law, Columbia University, 1969-1979; Legal advisor, U.S. Department of State, 1985-1990; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1991-1994; George P. Shultz Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1994-
Biography
Abraham David Sofaer (born May 6, 1938) is an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and legal adviser to the United States State Department. After resigning from the State Department, he became the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs at the Hoover Institution.
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