Stephen Gerald Breyer

Judge Stephen Gerald Breyer

Personal

Birthday:

1938

Birthplace:

San Francisco, CA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army, 1957
Law clerk, Hon. Arthur Goldberg, Supreme Court of the United States, 1964-1965
Special assistant to the assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1965-1967
Faculty, Harvard Law School, 1967-1994; professor, 1967-1980; lecturer, 1981-1994
Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1977-1980
Assistant special prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973
Special counsel, Administrative Practices Subcommittee, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1974-1975
Chief counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1979-1980
Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1985-1989

Education

Name of School:

Stanford University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1959

Name of School - Second:

University of Oxford

Degree - Second:

B.A.

Degree Year - Second:

1961

Name of School - Third:

Harvard Law School

The world's premier center for legal education and research, Harvard Law School provides unparalleled opportunities to study law and related disciplines in an energetic and creative learning environment. A Harvard Law education prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, and teaching. Through its faculty, students, and alumni, Harvard Law School is able to contribute solutions to the world's most complex legal and social challenges.

Degree - Third:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Third:

1964

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Court Name:

First Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

12/10/1980

Termination Date:

8/2/1994

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name - Second:

Supreme Court of the United States

Commission Date - Second:

8/3/1994

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Tenth Circuit, September 30, 1994-August 16, 2009
Federal Circuit, September 7, 2005-October 10, 2005
First Circuit, June 30, 2009-present
Seventh Circuit, June 29, 2010-September 27, 2010