Laurence Silberman

Laurence Silberman
Laurence Silberman
Chair of the Iraq Intelligence Commission
	In office; February 6, 2004 – March 31, 2005; Served with Chuck Robb
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
	In office; June 18, 1996 – May 18, 2003
Nominated by	William Rehnquist
Preceded by	Robert W. Warren
Succeeded by	Ralph K. Winter Jr.
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
	In office; November 1, 2000 – October 2, 2022
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
	In office; October 28, 1985 – November 1, 2000
Nominated by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Seat established by 98 Stat. 333
Succeeded by	Brett Kavanaugh
United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia
	In office; May 8, 1975 – December 26, 1976
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Malcolm Toon
Succeeded by	Lawrence Eagleburger
14th United States Deputy Attorney General
	In office; 1974–1975
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	William Ruckelshaus
Succeeded by	Harold R. Tyler, Jr.
United States Under Secretary of Labor
	In office; 1970–1973
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	James Day Hodgson
Succeeded by	Richard F. Schubert
Solicitor of the United States Department of Labor
	In office; 1969–1970
President	Richard Nixon
Preceded by	Charles Donahue
Succeeded by	Peter Nash
Personal details
Born	Laurence Hirsch Silberman; October 12, 1935; York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 2, 2022 (aged 86); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Ricky Gaull; Patricia Winn
Education	Dartmouth College (A.B.); Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Laurence Hirsch Silberman (October 12, 1935 – October 2, 2022) was a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was appointed in October 1985 by Ronald Reagan and took senior status on November 1, 2000.

On June 11, 2008, Silberman was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor granted by the government of the United States.^[1]

Silberman died on October 2, 2022, ten days before his 87th birthday in Washington, D.C. from an infection.^[2]

References

↑ "Statement by the Press Secretary". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov.
↑ Wolfe, Jess Bravin, James R. Hagerty and Jan (October 3, 2022). "Judge Laurence Silberman Shaped Second Amendment Jurisprudence". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] "Statement by the Press Secretary". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov.

[2] Wolfe, Jess Bravin, James R. Hagerty and Jan (October 3, 2022). "Judge Laurence Silberman Shaped Second Amendment Jurisprudence". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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