Stephen G. Breyer was born in San Francisco, California, August 15, 1938. He married Joanna Hare in 1967, and has three children - Chloe, Nell, and Michael. He received an A.B. from Stanford University, a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur Goldberg of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1964 Term, as a Special Assistant to the Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Antitrust, 1965–1967, as an Assistant Special Prosecutor of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, 1973, as Special Counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1974–1975, and as Chief Counsel of the committee, 1979–1980. He was an Assistant Professor, Professor of Law, and Lecturer at Harvard Law School, 1967–1994, a Professor at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, 1977–1980, and a Visiting Professor at the College of Law, Sydney, Australia and at the University of Rome. From 1980–1990, he served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and as its Chief Judge, 1990–1994. He also served as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990–1994, and of the United States Sentencing Commission, 1985–1989. President Clinton nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat August 3, 1994. Justice Breyer retired from the Supreme Court on June 30, 2022.
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Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner
2024 National Lawyers Convention
The Washington Hilton1919 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20009
A Conversation on the Constitution with Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia
The Capital Hilton1001 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20036
Panel I: Agency Autonomy and the Unitary Executive [Archive Collection]
The Presidency and Congress
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Equality vs. Discretion in Sentencing [Archive Collection]
Second Annual National Lawyers Convention
The Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
Panel I: Agency Autonomy and the Unitary Executive [Archive Collection]
The Presidency and Congress
On January 19-20, 1990, The Federalist Society hosted a conference at the Mayflower Hotel in...
Panel I: Agency Autonomy and the Unitary Executive [Archive Collection]
The Presidency and Congress
On January 19-20, 1990, The Federalist Society hosted a conference at the Mayflower Hotel in...
Equality vs. Discretion in Sentencing [Archive Collection]
Second Annual National Lawyers Convention
On September 9-10, 1988, The Federalist Society hosted its second annual National Lawyers Convention at...
Equality vs. Discretion in Sentencing [Archive Collection]
Second Annual National Lawyers Convention
On September 9-10, 1988, The Federalist Society hosted its second annual National Lawyers Convention at...
A Conversation on the Constitution with Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia
A Conversation on the Constitution: Perspectives from Active Liberty and A Matter of Interpretation ...