DANIEL M. FRIEDMAN was nominated by President Jimmy Carter as Chief Judge of the United States Court of Claims on March 22, 1978, was confirmed by the Senate on May 17, 1978, and assumed duties on May 24, 1978. On October 1, 1982, Judge Friedman continued in office as judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where he assumed senior status in 1989. In 1977, Judge Friedman served as Acting Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice. He also served in the Appellate Section, Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice from 1951 to 1959, and in the Solicitor General's Office from 1959 to 1978, where he was second and first assistant to the Solicitor General. Judge Friedman served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946, and was on the legal staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1942 and from 1946 to 1951. Judge Friedman is a graduate of Columbia College and received his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1940.