Douglas Howard Ginsburg
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Senior status. Born 1946.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan (Republican)
- Nominated
- Sep 23, 1986
- Senate vote
- Voice vote
- Confirmed
- Oct 8, 1986
- Commissioned
- Oct 14, 1986
- Senior status
- Oct 14, 2011
Education
- B.S., Cornell University, 1970
- J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1973
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Carl McGowan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1973-1974
- Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1974-1975
- Professor of law, Harvard University, 1975-1983
- Deputy assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1984
- Administrator for information and regulatory affairs, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 1984-1985
- Assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1985-1986
- Visiting professor of law, Columbia University, 1987-1988
- Lecturer on law, Harvard University, 1988-1989
- Distinguished adjunct professor of law, George Mason University, 1988-2010
- Visiting senior lecturer, University of Chicago, 1990-
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2001-2008
- Distinguished visiting scholar, New York Law School, 2006-2009
- Lecturer in law, Columbia University, 2009-2011
- Professor of law, New York University Law School, 2011-2013
- Professor of law, George Mason University, 2013-
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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