Frank H. Easterbrook
| Frank Easterbrook | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
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In office November 27, 2006 – October 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Joel Flaum |
| Succeeded by | Diane Wood |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
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Assumed office April 4, 1985 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
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| Born |
Frank Hoover Easterbrook September 3, 1948 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Englert |
| Education |
Swarthmore College (BA) University of Chicago (JD) |
Frank Hoover Easterbrook (born September 3, 1948) is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He was Chief Judge from November 2006 to October 2013, and has been a judge on the court since 1985. Easterbrook is noted for his use of economic analysis of law, his legalist approach to judicial interpretation, for his clear writing style, and for being one of the most prolific judges of his generation. Easterbrook is one of the most cited appellate judges in the United States.
Easterbrook was born in Buffalo, New York on September 3, 1948, the son of Vimy and George Easterbrook. He is the older brother of author Gregg Easterbrook and of Neil, an English professor at Texas Christian University. Easterbrook attended Kenmore West High School in Tonawanda, New York, where he was the classmate of Wolf Blitzer. The two were good friends and were the leads of the KWHS rendition of The Diary of Anne Frank. Easterbrook's future wife was property mistress of the production. He attended Swarthmore College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received his bachelor's degree with high honors. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School (where he was an editor of the law review with Douglas H. Ginsburg and a member of the Order of the Coif) in 1973, and then clerked for Judge Levin Hicks Campbell on the First Circuit.
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