Abner J. Mikva

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White House Counsel human judge lawyer member of the United States House of Representatives politician

Abner J. Mikva was an influential American judge, congressman, and White House Counsel known for his long career in public service and his impact on legal and constitutional affairs.

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Label	Occurrences
Abner J. Mikva canonical	1
Abner Mikva	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	White House Counsel ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ lawyer ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ
appointed by	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
appointed to office	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ
award received	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country of citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
date of birth	1926-01-21 ⓘ
date of death	2016-07-04 ⓘ
educated at	University of Chicago Law School ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
employer	Northwestern University School of Law ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government University of Chicago Law School ⓘ
end time	1987 (service as Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit) ⓘ 1994 (service on U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit) ⓘ 1995 (service as White House Counsel) ⓘ
familyName	Mikva ⓘ
givenName	Abner ⓘ
known for	mentoring future political leaders, including Barack Obama ⓘ public service in all three branches of the U.S. federal government ⓘ
member of	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
military branch	United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
notable work	influence on constitutional law and separation of powers jurisprudence ⓘ
occupation	judge ⓘ law professor ⓘ lawyer ⓘ politician ⓘ
place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
place of death	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
political party	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
position held	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois ⓘ White House Counsel ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
represented	Illinois's 10th congressional district ⓘ Illinois 2nd congressional district ⓘ surface form: Illinois's 2nd congressional district
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sex or gender	male ⓘ
spouse	Zoe Mikva ⓘ
start time	1979 (service on U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit) ⓘ 1981 (service as Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit) ⓘ 1994 (service as White House Counsel) ⓘ

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University of Chicago Law School → hasNotableAlumnus → Abner J. Mikva ⓘ

Winston & Strawn → hasNotableAlumni → Abner J. Mikva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abner Mikva