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Lawrence M. Baskir

Prior offices:

United States Court of Federal Claims Special Master

Education

Bachelor's

Princeton, 1959

Law

Harvard, 1962

Lawrence M. Baskir was afederal judge for theUnited States Court of Federal Claims. He joined the court in 1998 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. Baskir served as theChief Judge of the Court from 2000 to 2002.^[1] He retired from the court onApril 1, 2013.^[2]

Early life and education

Baskir earned his A.B. from Princeton graduating magna cum laude in 1959. He went on to earn an LL.B. from Harvard in 1962.^[1]

Professional career

• Chief Counsel, Subcommittees on Constitutional Rights and Separation of Powers, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1967-1974
• Director, Presidential (Ford) Clemency Board, White House, 1974-1975
• Director, Vietnam Offender Study; Faculty Fellow, University of Notre Dame Law School, 1975-1977
• Deputy Assistant Secretary (Legislation), Department of the Treasury, 1977-1979
• Legislative Director to Senator Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), 1979-1981
• Editor-in-Chief, Military Law Reporter, 1981-1994
• Principal Deputy General Counsel, Department of the Army, 1994-1998^[1]

Judicial career

Federal Claims

Baskir was nominated to theUnited States Court of Federal Claims by PresidentBill Clinton and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and began duty on October 22, 1998.^[1]

See also

• United States Court of Federal Claims

External links

• Judge Lawrence M. Baskir Bio

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States Court of Federal Claims
Active judges	Chief Judge: Elaine Kaplan  •  David A. Tapp  •  Christian J. Moran  •  Nora Beth Dorsey  •  Brian H. Corcoran  •  Thomas Gowen  •  Edward Meyers  •  Robin M. Meriweather  •  Stephen Schwartz (United States Court of Federal Claims)  •  Ryan Holte  •  Richard Hertling  •  Mindy Michaels Roth  •  Herbrina D. Sanders  •  Matthew Solomson  •  Eleni Roumel  •  Kathryn Davis  •  Thompson Michael Dietz  •  Zachary Somers  •  Molly Silfen  •  Philip Hadji
Senior judges	Susan G. Braden  •  Edward J. Damich  •  Nancy B. Firestone  •  Marian Blank Horn  •  Charles F. Lettow  •  Margaret M. Sweeney  •  Thomas C. Wheeler  •  Mary Ellen Coster Williams  •  Victor J. Wolski  •  John Paul Wiese  •  Eric G. Bruggink  •
Former Article I judges	Alex Kozinski  •  Emily C. Hewitt  •  Francis M. Allegra  •  Lawrence M. Baskir  •  Lawrence J. Block  •  Lynn J. Bush  •  Christine Odell Cook Miller  •  George W. Miller  •  Bohdan A. Futey  •  Robert H. Hodges Jr.  •  Lawrence S. Margolis  •  James F. Merow  •  Loren A. Smith  •  Robert J. Yock  •  Thomas J. Lydon  •  Reginald W. Gibson  •  Daria J. Zane  •  Denise K. Vowell  •  Laura D. Millman  •  Sandra Dee Lord  •  George L. Hastings  •  Gary J. Golkiewicz  •  Patricia Campbell-Smith  •  John L. Napier  •  John-L-Napier.jpg  •  Lisa Hamilton-Fieldman  •  Lydia Kay Griggsby  •
Special Masters	Christian J. Moran  •  Nora Beth Dorsey  •  Brian H. Corcoran  •  Thomas Gowen  •  Katherine E. Oler  •  Mindy Michaels Roth  •  Herbrina D. Sanders  •
Former Chief judges	Alex Kozinski  •  Emily C. Hewitt  •  Lawrence M. Baskir  •  Edward J. Damich  •  Loren A. Smith  •  Eleni Roumel  •

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