Stephen Gerald Breyer

b. 1938 · San Francisco, CA

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First CircuitJudgeJimmy Carter (Democratic)Dec 10, 1980Appointment to Another Judicial Position, Aug 3, 1994
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate JusticeWilliam J. Clinton (Democratic)Aug 3, 1994

Education

  • Stanford University, A.B., 1959
  • University of Oxford, B.A., 1961
  • Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1964

Professional Career

U.S. Army, 1957; Law clerk, Hon. Arthur Goldberg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1964-1965; Special assistant to the assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1965-1967; Faculty, Harvard Law School, 1967-1994; professor, 1967-1980; lecturer, 1981-1994; Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1977-1980; Assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973; Special counsel, Administrative Practices Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1974-1975; Chief counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1980; Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1985-1989; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-1994

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