Background
Onek, Joseph N. was born on January 9, 1942 in New York, New York, United States.
Onek, Joseph N. was born on January 9, 1942 in New York, New York, United States.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). London School of Economics, London, England (Master of Arts, 1964). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1967).
Worked at Crowell & Moring Limited Liability Partnership. Admitted to the bar, 1968, District of Columbia. Phi Beta Kappa. Marshall Scholar.
Order of the Coif. Note and Comment Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1966-1967.
Law Clerk to Chief Judge Bazelon, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1967-1968.
Law Clerk to Associate Justice Brennan, United States. Supreme Court, 1968-1969.
Assistant Counsel, United States.
Senate Administrative Practice and Procedures Subcommittee, 1969-1971. Staff Attorney/Director, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, District of Columbia, 1971-1976. Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland Law School, 1976-1977.
Associate Director for Health, Domestic Policy Staff, White House, 1977-1979.
Deputy Counsel to the President, 1979-1980. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.