DOUGLAS
H. GINSBURG
Judge Ginsburg was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals in November
1986, served as Chief Judge from July 16, 2001 until February 10, 2008, and
took senior status on October 14, 2011. He
was graduated from Cornell University (B.S. 1970) and from the University of Chicago Law School (J.D. 1973). Following law school, he clerked for Judge
Carl McGowan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. From 1975 to 1983, he was a professor at
Harvard Law School. He then served as
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Regulatory Affairs, Antitrust Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, from 1983 to 1984; Administrator, Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB, from 1984 to 1985; and
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, from
1985 to 1986.