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Richard Posner

AKA Richard Allen Posner

Born: 11-Jan-1939
Birthplace: New York City

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge, Scholar

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Justice, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Wife: Charlene Horn (two sons)
Son: Eric Posner (law professor, b. 1965)
Son: Kenneth Posner

    University: AB English, Yale University (1959, summa cum laude)
    Law School: LLB, Harvard Law School (1962, magna cum laude)
    Professor: Stanford University (1968-69)
    Professor: University of Chicago Law School (1969-81)

    US District Judge Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit (1981-, as Chief, 1993-2000)
    Lexecon, Inc. President (1977-81)
    US Justice Department Antitrust Division
    Law Clerk for Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan (1962-63)
    Harvard Law Review President
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
    American Law and Economics Association President (1995-96)
    American Economic Association
    American Law Institute
    Mont Pelerin Society
    Phi Beta Kappa Society


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