Silberman, Laurence Hirsch Born 1935 in York, PA Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit Nominated by Ronald Reagan on September 11, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333; Confirmed by the Senate on October 25, 1985, and received commission on October 28, 1985. Assumed senior status on November 1, 2000. Education: Dartmouth College, A.B., 1957 Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1961 Professional Career: U.S. Army Private, 1957-1958 Private practice, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961-1967 Lecturer, University of Hawaii Law School, 1962-1963 Attorney, Appellate Division, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, DC, 1967-1969 Solicitor of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, DC, 1969-1970 U.S. undersecretary of labor, Washington, DC, 1970-1973 Private practice, Washington, DC, 1973-1974, 1978-1979. 1983-1985 Deputy attorney general of the United States, 1974-1975 Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-1977 President's special envoy on ILO Affairs, 1976 Senior fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1977-1978 Visiting fellow, American Enterprise Institute, 1978-1985 Executive vice president of strategic planning, Legal and Government Affairs, Crocker National Bank, San Francisco, California, 1979-1983 Adjunct professor of law, Georgetown Law Center, 1987-present Race or Ethnicity: White Gender: Male Research Collections