9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Circuit Judge
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President George H.W. Bush, 1991; judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska; 1986-91; private practice, 1971-86; clerk for Alaska Supreme Court Judge J.A. Rabinowitz, 1969-71.
Law School: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1969
Career Highlights: Appointed to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by President George H.W. Bush, 1991; judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska; 1986-91; private practice, 1971-86; clerk for Alaska Supreme Court Judge J.A. Rabinowitz, 1969-71.
Law School: Harvard Law School, J.D., 1969
By John Roemer
From the kitchen table in his log house near Fairbanks in Alaska's vast interior, Circuit Judge Andrew Jay Kleinfeld can gaze at Mt. McKinley on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' far northern frontier.
Kleinfeld lives closer to the North Pole than to circuit headquarters in San Francisco.
He extols Alaska's beauty, but he could do without the commute. So Kleinfeld confided that he has both public and ... (continued)
