Charles Fried

Charles Fried
Fried in 2009
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
In office
September 1995 – June 1999
Appointed byWilliam Weld
Preceded byJoseph R. Nolan
Succeeded byJudith Cowin
38th Solicitor General of the United States
In office
June 1, 1985 – January 20, 1989
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byRex E. Lee
Succeeded byKen Starr
Personal details
Born
Karl Fried

(1935-04-15)April 15, 1935
Prague, Czechoslovakia
DiedJanuary 23, 2024(2024-01-23) (aged 88)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAnne Summerscale
Children2
EducationPrinceton University (AB)
University of Oxford (BA, MPhil)
Columbia University (LLB)

Charles Anthony Fried (born Karl Fried;[1] April 15, 1935 – January 23, 2024) was an American jurist and lawyer. He served as Solicitor General of the United States under President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989. He was a professor at Harvard Law School and a visiting professor at Columbia Law School. He also served on the board[2] of the nonpartisan group, the Campaign Legal Center.

Fried was the author of more than ten books and over 30 journal articles, and his work appeared in over a dozen collections.

  1. ^ Taylor, Stuart Jr. (October 24, 1985). "Charles Fried; Court Voice of Reaganism". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "Board Members". Campaign Legal Center. Retrieved February 14, 2018.

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