Paul L. Friedman (born 1944) is a US District Court Judge in Washington, D.C.[1]
Friedman was born in Buffalo, New York. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1965, where he was president of the Quill and Dagger society and a member of Zeta Beta Tau. He received a J.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law in 1968.
Friedman began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Aubrey Robinson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1968 to 1969, and then for Roger Robb, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1969 to 1970. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1970 to 1974. He was an Assistant U.S. solicitor general of U.S. Department of Justice from 1974 to 1976.[2] He was in private practice of law at the firm of White & Case in Washington, D.C. from 1976 to 1994.
Friedman was nominated by President Bill Clinton on March 22, 1994, to a seat vacated by Gerhard A. Gesell. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 15, 1994, and received his commission on June 16, 1994.