Daniel Mortimer Friedman (February 8, 1916 – July 6, 2011) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and previously was chief judge of the United States Court of Claims.
Daniel Mortimer Friedman
Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive
Born 1916 in New York, NY
Died 2011 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 2704
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 18/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 98/year
United States Court of Claims · 1978–1982Court of Claims · 1978–1982Federal Circuit Court of Appeals · 1982–2011Federal Circuit Clerk/Executive · 1982–2011
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Board member · 1983–1987- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1978–1982
U.S. Department of JusticeOffice of the Solicitor General · 1959–1978- ↳assistant to the solicitor general · 1959–1962
- ↳second assistant to the solicitor general · 1962–1968
- ↳first deputy solicitor general · 1968–1978
- ↳acting solicitor general · 1977
- Appellate Section, Antitrust Divison, U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant chief · 1951–1959
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.Attorney · 1942, 1946–1951
U.S. Army1942–1946- Private practice, New York City1940–1942
Appointments
- Court of Claims1978–1982 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
LL.B. · 1940- Columbia UniversityA.B. · 1937