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Chief Justice John Glover Roberts
Nominated: September 6, 2005 by George W. BushConfirmed: September 29, 2005, by a vote of 78 to 22 Judicial Oath: September 29, 2005 Born: January 27, 1955, in Buffalo, New York Education: Harvard College, A.B., 1976 and Harvard Law School, J.D., 1979 Professional Career: Following graduation from law
school, Roberts served as law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the following year
to then-Associate Justice Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United
States. He served as Special Assistant to United States Attorney General
William French Smith from 1981 to 1982 and Associate Counsel to President
Ronald Reagan from 1982 to 1986. Roberts then joined Hogan & Hartson
where he developed a civil litigation practice, with an emphasis on
appellate matters. From 1989 to 1993 he served as Principal Deputy Solicitor
General of the United States. He returned to Hogan & Hartson in
1993 and was the senior partner in charge of Hogan & Hartson's appellate
practice when he was nominated by President Bush in 2001 to the federal
court of appeals, a nomination that was never confirmed by the Senate.
Subsequently, he was nominated in January, 2003, to a judgeship on the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He was confirmed by the
Senate on May 8, 2003, and sworn in on June 2 by Chief Justice Rehnquist.
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