Daniel Mortimer Friedman
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Daniel Mortimer Friedman, (born in New York, New York in 1916) is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit who has been serving under senior status since 1989.
Friedman received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1937. He followed that up with a law degree from Columbia in 1940. After a short period in private practice, Judge Friedman has spent more than 60 years in legal service to the United States. He spent time as an attorney for the SEC, the United States Army, and the Office of the United States Solicitor General, originally in the Antitrust Division and finally as acting U.S. Solicitor General in 1977.
In 1978 he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to become Chief judge, United States Court of Claims. When the Court of Claims was abolished during the Reagan Administration he was reassigned on October 1, 1982, by operation of the Federal Courts Improvement Act, to be Circuit Judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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- (2004) United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: A History: 1990–2002 / compiled by members of the Advisory Council to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in celebration of the court's twentieth anniversary.. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. LCCN 2004-050209.
