Douglas H. Ginsburg

Douglas H. Ginsburg
Official portrait, 2005
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 2011
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office July 16, 2001 – February 11, 2008
Preceded by	Harry T. Edwards
Succeeded by	David B. Sentelle
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
In office October 14, 1986 – October 14, 2011
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	J. Skelly Wright
Succeeded by	Cornelia Pillard
United States Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division
In office 1985–1986
Preceded by	J. Paul McGrath
Succeeded by	Charles Rule
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
In office 1984–1985
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Christopher DeMuth
Succeeded by	Wendy Lee Gramm
Personal details
Born	(1946-05-25) May 25, 1946 (age 77) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Cornell University (BS) University of Chicago (JD)

Douglas Howard Ginsburg (born May 25, 1946) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior U.S. circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He is also a professor of law at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.

Ginsburg was appointed to the D.C. Circuit in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, and he served as its chief judge from 2001 to 2008. In 1987, Reagan announced his intention to nominate Ginsburg as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. But Ginsburg withdrew his name from consideration before being formally nominated,^[1] after news reports that he had smoked marijuana in the past created controversy.^[2][3][4]

Ginsburg took senior status in October 2011, and joined the faculty of New York University School of Law in January 2012.^[5] In 2013, he left NYU and began teaching at George Mason University. He is the author of scholarly works on U.S. antitrust law and constitutional law.^[6]