Background
Birenbaum, David Elias was born on November 30, 1937 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States.
Birenbaum, David Elias was born on November 30, 1937 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States.
AB cum laude, Brown U., 1959; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1962.
Law clerk, United States District Court Connecticut, Hartford, 1962-1963;
assistant general counsel, National Advisory Commision on Civil Disorders, 1967-1968;
resident partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, London, 1970-1973;
partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, since 1973. Chairman subcommittee Extraterritorial Provisions of Restatement of Foreign Law,1984. Member program committee Center for National Policy.
Instructor international tradelaw University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1989-1990. Adjunct Professor international law Georgetown Law Center, 1991.
Coord. domestic policy issues Humphrey for President, 1968. Issues director, general counsel Shriver for President committee, 1975-1976. Member Montgomery County, Maryland.
Democratic Center Committee, 1975-1976. General counsel, board directors Handgun ControlInc. With Center for Prevention of Handgun Violence.
Member American Bar Association (co-chairman ad hoc task force extraterritorial application of the United States law international law section 1984), United States Chamber of Commerce (international service industry committee), American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa.