Douglas Ginsburg
| Douglas H. Ginsburg | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
|
Assumed office October 14, 2011 |
|
| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
|
In office July 16, 2001 – February 11, 2008 |
|
| Preceded by | Harry T. Edwards |
| Succeeded by | David B. Sentelle |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
|
In office October 14, 1986 – October 14, 2011 |
|
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | J. Skelly Wright |
| Succeeded by | Nina Pillard |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Douglas Howard Ginsburg May 25, 1946 Chicago, Illinois |
| Spouse(s) | Deecy Gray (2007–present) |
| Education |
Cornell University (B.S.) University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) |
Douglas Howard Ginsburg (born May 25, 1946) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was appointed to this court at age forty in October 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, and served as its chief judge from July 2001 until February 2008. Ginsburg was nominated by Reagan to fill a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy after the retirement of Lewis F. Powell in October 1987, but soon withdrew from consideration after his earlier marijuana use created a controversy.
Ginsburg took senior status at age 65 in October 2011, and joined the faculty of New York University School of Law in January 2012. He is the author of numerous scholarly works on antitrust and constitutional law. He is not related to Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ginsburg is the son of Katherine (née Goodmont) and Maurice Ginsburg. He graduated from The Latin School of Chicago in 1963, then attended Cornell University. After dropping out in 1965 due to "boredom", he invested in and helped run Operation Match, an early computer dating service based in Boston. Returning to Cornell in 1968 after selling the company, Ginsburg received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1970. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1973, where he served on the University of Chicago Law Review with Frank Easterbrook. Ginsburg then became a law clerk first for Judge Carl McGowan on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and then for United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
...
Wikipedia