Abner Joseph Mikva

(1926- )

MIKVA, Abner Joseph, a Representative from Illinois; born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., January 21, 1926; attended public schools in Milwaukee; J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1951; editor in chief, University of Chicago Law Review, 1950-1951; admitted to the bar in 1951 and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill., in 1952; served two years as a navigator in United States Army Air Corps, 1944-1945; served as law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton, 1951-1952; practicing attorney, 1952-1968; elected to State of Illinois Legislature, 1956-1966; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the Ninety-second Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third Congress, returned to Evanston, Ill.; served on the Illinois State Board of Ethics, 1973; practiced law in Chicago, 1973-1974; professor at Northwestern University School of Law, 1973-1975; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the two succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1975, until his resignation September 26, 1979; judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit, 1979-1991, chief judge, January 19, 1991, to October 1, 1994; Counsel to the President, October 1, 1994, to present; is a resident of Washington, D.C.