Daniel Mortimer Friedman

Personal

Birthday: 
2/8/1916
Birthplace: 
New York, NY
Date of Death: 
7/6/2011
Place of Death: 
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, New York City, 1940-1942
Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., 1942, 1946-1951
U.S. Army, 1942-1946
Assistant chief, Appellate Section, Antitrust Divison, U.S. Department of Justice, 1951-1959
Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 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

Education

Name of School: 
Columbia University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1937
Name of School - Second: 

Columbia Law School

Public service is a critical component of a legal education and the professional development of our students," said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. "This new guarantee supports a core principle of our school, as we aspire to train lawyers who view pro bono work as central to their commitment to our system of justice.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1940

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
Court of Claims, Chief Judge
Court Name: 

United States Court of Federal Claims

President Nominating: 
Jimmy Carter
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
5/19/1978
Termination Date: 
9/30/1982
Termination Reason: 
Reassignment
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Court Name - Second: 

Federal Circuit Appeals Court

Commission Date - Second: 
10/1/1982
Retirement from Active Service - Second: 
11/1/1989
Termination Date - Second: 
7/6/2011
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death