Paul L. Friedman

Judge Friedman was appointed United States District Judge in August 1994. He graduated from Cornell University in 1965 and received a J.D. from the School of Law of the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1968. Following law school, Judge Friedman clerked for Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and for Judge Roger Robb of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1970 to 1974, and as an Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States from 1974 to 1976. Judge Friedman practiced law as an associate and partner with White & Case from 1976 until 1994. He served as President of the District of Columbia Bar from 1986 to 1987, and as Associate Independent Counsel for the Iran-Contra Investigation from 1987 to 1988. He is a member of the Council of the American Law Institute.

Judge

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

1994 - Current

Assumed senior status on December 31, 2009.

Attorney

Private practice, Washington, D.C.

1976 - 1994

Assistant solicitor general

U.S. Department of Justice

1974 - 1976

Assistant U.S. attorney

District of Columbia

1970 - 1974

Law clerk

Hon. Roger Robb, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

1969 - 1970

Law clerk

Hon. Aubrey Robinson, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

1968 - 1969

State University of New York - Buffalo

J.D. (1968)

Cornell University

B.A. (1965)

Council of the American Law Institute

Member

Current

Iran-Contra Investigation

Associate Independent Counsel

1987 - 1988

District of Columbia Bar

President

1986 - 1987