Abraham D. Sofaer
| Abraham David Sofaer | |
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| Legal Adviser of the Department of State | |
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In office June 10, 1985 – June 15, 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Davis Rowland Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Edwin D. Williamson |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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In office March 23, 1979 – June 9, 1985 |
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| Nominated by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Marvin E. Frankel |
| Succeeded by | Michael Mukasey |
| Professor of Law at Columbia University School of Law | |
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In office 1969–1979 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 6, 1938 Bombay, India |
| Alma mater | New York University School of Law (LL.B, 1965) |
| Author of War, Foreign Affairs, and Constitutional Power, historical account of the constitutional powers of Congress and the president to control or affect the use of force. | |
Abraham David Sofaer (born May 6, 1938) is a former federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and then a 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, Stanford University.
Sofaer received a B.A. in 1962 (magna cum laude in American History) and an LL.B. from New York University School of Law in 1965, where he was editor in chief of the law review. After law school, he served as law clerk to J. Skelly Wright of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1965–66), and for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court (1966 to 1967).
From 1967 to 1969, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York under Robert M. Morgenthau, Jr. His work focused on the use by Americans of foreign banks and other financial institutions to violate US laws.
From 1969 to 1979, Sofaer was a professor of law at Columbia University School of Law, during which time he wrote War, Foreign Affairs, and Constitutional Power, an authoritative historical account of the constitutional powers of Congress and the president to control or affect issues related to the international use of force.
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