Sofaer, Abraham D.

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Birth 1938

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Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1979-1985; legal adviser to the United States Department of State, 1985-1990.

From the description of Abraham D. Sofaer papers, 1934-2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872413

Biography Note

1938 May 6 Born, Bombay (Mumbai), India 1956 1959 Served with United States Air Force 1959 Naturalized as a citizen of the United States 1962 Graduated magna cum laude in history, Yeshiva College, New York 1964 1965 Editor-in-Chief, New York Law Review 1965 LL.B cum laude (Root-Tilden scholar), New York University Passed the bar 1965 1966 Law clerk, J. Skelly Wright, U.S. Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C. 1966 1967 Law clerk, William J. Brennan Jr., U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. 1967 1969 Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. District Court, Southern District, New York City, New York 1969 1979 Professor of Law, Columbia University, New York City, New York 1974 1975 Meyer Professor of Law and Social Research, Columbia University 1975 Brainerd Currie lecturer, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 1975 1976 Hearing Officer, New York Department of Environment Conservation 1976 Author, War, Foreign Affairs and Constitutional Power: The Origins 1976 1978 Member, Board of Directors, Citizens Union and Mobilization for Youth Legal Services 1979 1985 Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia University 1979 1985 Judge, U.S District Court, Southern District of New York City, New York 1980 Doctor of Law, honoris causa, Yeshiva University, New York 1985 Author, The Political Offense and Terrorism and The United States and the World Court 1985 1990 Legal advisor, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 1986 Author, The War Powers Resolution and Antiterrorist Operations 1988 Author, The War Powers Resolution 1990 Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1990 1994 Practiced law with Hughes, Hubbard, and Reed, Washington, D.C. 1994 Senior Fellow and George P. Shultz Distinguished Scholar, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 1999 Author, The New Terror: Facing the Threat of Biological and Chemical Weapons 2001 Author, The Transnational Dimension of Cyber Crime and Terrorism

From the guide to the Abraham D. Sofaer Papers, 1934-2007, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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