John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the
United States,
was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Marie Sullivan
in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B.
from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He
served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979–1980 and as a law clerk for
then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United
States during the 1980 Term. He was Special Assistant to the Attorney General,
U.S. Department of Justice from 1981–1982, Associate Counsel to President
Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel’s Office from 1982–1986, and Principal
Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1989–1993. From
1986–1989 and 1993–2003, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. He was appointed
to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in
2003. President George W. Bush nominated him as Chief Justice of the United
States, and he took his seat September 29, 2005.