John Roberts In Brief

EDUCATION

1976

B.A. in history, Harvard College, summa cum laude

1979

J.D., Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, managing editor of the Harvard Law Review

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

1979–80

Clerk for Henry Friendly of the federal appeals court in New York

1980

Clerk for Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court

1981–82

Special assistant to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice (Reagan Administration)

1982–86

Associate counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel’s Office

1986–89

Practiced corporate law at the prominent law firm Hogan & Hartson in Washington

1989–93

Principal deputy solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice (George H.W. Bush Administration)

1993–2003

Practiced corporate law at Hogan & Hartson

Argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court throughout his career

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

2003–05

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (appointed by George W. Bush)

SUPREME COURT

2005

Nominated by Bush to serve as 17th Chief Justice of the United States; confirmed by a Senate vote of 78-22

PERSONAL LIFE

Married Jane Sullivan in 1996; has two children, Josephine and John