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Douglas Howard Ginsburg
Senior judge · U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Douglas Howard Ginsburg serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appointed by Ronald Reagan and confirmed Oct 8, 1986. ABA rating: Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed
- Oct 8, 1986
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Born
- 1946
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitRonald Reagan · Oct 8, 1986
Education
- Cornell UniversityB.S., 1970
- University of Chicago Law SchoolJ.D., 1973
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1973-1974; Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975; Professor of law, Harvard University, 1975-1983; Deputy assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1984; Administrator for information and regulatory affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 1984-1985; Assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1985-1986; Visiting professor of law, Columbia University, 1987-1988; Lecturer on law, Harvard University, 1988-1989; Distinguished adjunct professor of law, George Mason University, 1988-2010; Visiting senior lecturer, University of Chicago, 1990-; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2001-2008; Distinguished visiting scholar, New York Law School, 2006-2009; Lecturer in law, Columbia University, 2009-2011; Professor of law, New York University Law School, 2011-2013; Professor of law, George Mason University, 2013-
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