Frank Hoover Easterbrook (born 1948) has been a judge on the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals since 1985. Judge Easterbrook was nominated by Ronald Reagan on February 25, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333, 346; he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 3, 1985, and received his commission on April 4, 1985. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts: Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of Illinois Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin The court is based at the Dirksen... Court of Appeals is the title of certain appellate courts in various jurisdictions. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Order: 40th President Vice President: George H.W. Bush Term of office: January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 Preceded by: Jimmy Carter Succeeded by: George H.W. Bush Date of birth: February 6, 1911 Place of birth: Tampico, Illinois Date of death: June 5, 2004 Place of death: Bel-Air... Seal of the Senate The Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ...

Judge Easterbrook's undergraduate education was at Swarthmore College. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School (where he was an editor of the law review) in 1973. In 1974 he served as Assistant to the Solicitor General and in 1978, Deputy Solicitor General for the Justice Department. Easterbrook joined the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School in 1978. Name Swarthmore College Address 500 College Avenue Town Swarthmore, PA 19081 Established 1864 Community Suburban Type Private coeducational Classification Liberal arts college Religion Originally Quaker; now secular Enrollment 1400 Faculty 167 President Alfred H. Bloom Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Middle States Commission in Higher Education Nickname... The University of Chicago Law School is a part of the prestigious University of Chicago. ... A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, published by an organization of students at a law school. ...

He is currently an senior lecturer in law at the school and well-known for his academic work on corporate law, particularly the 1991 book The Economic Structure of Corporate Law, which he co-authored with Daniel Fischel. Easterbrook's article The Proper Role of a Target's Management in Responding to a Tender Offer, 94 Harv. L. Rev. 1161 (1981) (also co-authored with Fischel) is the most heavily cited corporate law article in legal scholarship.

Frank Easterbrook is the brother of author Gregg Easterbrook. Gregg Easterbrook is an American author who is a senior editor of The New Republic, a journal of politics and the arts based in Washington, D.C. His latest book, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse, published in December 2003. ...

External link

• http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/easterbrook/