Walter E. Dellinger

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Walter E. Dellinger

Walter Estes Dellinger III (born May 15, 1941 in Charlotte , North Carolina ) is an American lawyer and former United States Solicitor General .

biography

After attending high school , he studied political science from 1959 to 1963 at the University of North Carolina , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts ( BA Political Science ). A subsequent postgraduate study of law at the Law School of Yale University , he completed in 1966 with the academic degree Juris Doctor (JD).

He then worked as a professor of law at the University of Mississippi between 1966 and 1968 . After a year working as a clerk ( Clerk ) of Hugo Black , one associate judge ( Associate Justice ) of the Supreme Court of the United States , he took in 1969 was appointed professor of law at the Duke University in Durham and taught there initially until 1993. In the meantime, he was also special assistant to FBI Director William Hedgcock Webster from 1980 to 1981 .

He joined the United States Department of Justice in 1993 . Until 1994 he was assistant to the US Attorney General ( Assistant Attorney General ) and as such head of the Office of Legal Counsel . In August 1996, Walter Dellinger was appointed Acting Solicitor General ( Acting Solicitor General ) by US President Bill Clinton , and until August 1997 he held the third position within the Justice Department.

In 1997, he returned to Duke University as a professor and, following his admission to the Bar in the District of Columbia, joined O'Melveny & Myers, a law firm of 1,000 attorneys based in Los Angeles . As such, he represented the defendant in the District of Columbia v. Heller before the United States Supreme Court . It was about a decision of principle which stated that the second amendment to the constitution protects the right of every citizen to own a weapon for private purposes. He also represented Martha Stewart in criminal proceedings and Victoria's Secret in trademark infringement proceedings .

Dellinger has also served on the advisory boards of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the National Legal Center for the Public Interest, as well as special advisor to the board of the New York Stock Exchange . In 1999 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

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SURNAME Dellinger, Walter E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dellinger, Walter Estes III (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, professor, and United States Solicitor General
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Charlotte , North Carolina