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Judicial Experience:
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U.S. Circuit Judge, U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
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Other Professional Experience:
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Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, 1986 to 1998
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Law clerk for Judge Arthur Lane, United States District Court for
the District of New Jersey, 1963 to 1964
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Associate and later as a partner, Patterson, Belknap & Webb, 1964
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Associate Special
Counsel and Senior Associate Special Counsel, House Judiciary Committee's impeachment, 1974
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Education:
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LL.B., Columbia Law School, 1963
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B.A., University of Rochester, 1960
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Publications/Lectures:
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Sack on Defamation: Libel, Slander, and Related Problems, 3rd edition, 1999
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Co-author of Advertising and Commercial Speech: A First Amendment Guide, 1999
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Protection of Opinion Under the First Amendment:
Reflection on Alfred Hill, "Defamation and Privacy Under the First Amendment,", 100th Anniversary issue of the Columbia Law Review
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Professional Civic Activities/Honors/Awards:
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Director of the William F. Kerby and Robert S. Potter Fund, Funding
the legal defense of journalists abroad
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Member, Advisory boards of the Bureau of National Affairs' Media Law Reporter and the American Bar Association Forum Committee's Communications Lawyer.
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Member, Board of Visitors of the Columbia Law School
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Member, Board of Trustees of Columbia University Seminars on Media and Society.
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Chair, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
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Lecturer, Law at Columbia Law School
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Member, American Bar Association,New York City Bar Association and the
American Judicature Society
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Fellow, American Bar Foundation
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Hand Medal for Excellence in Federal Jurisprudence, Federal Bar Council, May 1, 2008
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