Background
Tigar, Michael Edward was born on January 18, 1941 in Glendale, California, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Elizabeth (Lang) Tigar.
Tigar, Michael Edward was born on January 18, 1941 in Glendale, California, United States. Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Elizabeth (Lang) Tigar.
University of California at Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1966). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, California Law Review, 1965-1966.
Gutknecht versus United States, 396 United States. 295 (1970); Gelbard versus United States, 408 United States. 41 (1972); Lefkowitz versus Cunningham, 431 United States. 801 (1977); Gentile versus State Bar of Nevada, 111 South.Ct. 2720 (1991); United States versus Wallach, 935 F.2nd 445 (2d Circuit 1991).Worked at Haddon, Morgan & Foreman, Professional Corporation (Denver, Colorado) specializing in Practice exclusively in Federal Court Matters. Admitted to the bar, 1967, District of Columbia. 1972, United States. Supreme Court.
1980, United States.
Tax Court. 1993, New York (Not admitted Colorado). Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, California Law Review, 1965-1966.
Author: Practice Manual, Selective Service Law Reporter, 1968-1969. "Judicial Power, the Political Question Doctrine, and Foreign Relations," 17 University of California, Los Angeles Law Review 1135, reprinted in The Vietnam War and International Law, Volume 3, Princeton University Press, 1972.
"Foreword: Waiver of Constitutional Rights," 84 Harvard Law Review 1.
"The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Acting and the Pursued Refugee: Lessons from Letelier v. Chile," Michigan Y.B. of International"l Legal Studies, 1982. "Federal Appeals: Jurisdiction and Practice," Shepard"s McGraw-Hill, 2nd Education 1993.
"Examining Witnesses," American Bar Association, 1993.
Company-Author: "Law and the Rise of Capitalism," with Mont Rose Levy, Monthly Review Press, 1977 (Spanish Translation, 1978. Portuguese Translation, 1978.
Greek Translation, 1981). Acting Professor of Law, University of California at Los Angeles, 1969-1971.
Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1983.
Joseph Doctorate. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law, University of Texas, 1988. Associate, 1967-1969, 1974-1975, and Partner, 1976-1977, Williams & Connolly. Partner, Tigar & Buffone, 1978-1983.
Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1971.
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1975-1976. 1977-1978. Visiting Lecturer, Criminal Procedure, Law School, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1976-1977.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. New York State and American (Vice-Chair, 1987-1988, Chair-Elect, 1988-1989 and Chair, 1989-1990, Section of Litigation) Bar Associations.
Practice Manual, Selective Service Law Reporter, 1968- 1969. "The Rights of Selective Service Registrants," in the Rights of.Americans, Pantheon, 1970. "Socialist Law & Legal Institutions," in Law Against the People, Random House, 1971.
"Judicial Power, the ‘Political Question Doctrine’, and Foreign Relations," 17 University of California, Los Angeles Law Review 1135, reprinted in The Vietnam War and International Law, Volume 3, Princeton University Press, 1972. "Foreword: Waiver of Constitutional Rights," 84 Harvard Law Review 1. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Pursued Refugee: Lessons from Letelier v.
Chile," Michigan Y.B. of Int’l Legal Studies, 1982. Co-Author: "Law and the Rise of Capitalism," with M R. Levy, Monthly Review Press, 1977 (Spanish Translation, 1978. Portugese Translation, 1978.
Greek Translation, 1981). "International Exchange of Information in Criminal Cases," Michigan Y.B. of Int’l Legal Studies, with Austin J. Doyle, Jr„ 1982. Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, since 1983.
Joseph D. Jamail Centennial Chair in Law, University of Texas, since 1988. Associate, 1967-1969, 19741975, and Partner, 1976-1977, Williams & Connolly. Partner, Tigar & Buffone, 1978-1983.
Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 1971. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1975- 1976. 1977-1978. Visiting Lecturer, Criminal Procedure, Law School, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1976-1977.
Acting Professor of Law, University of California At Los Angeles, 1969-1971.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. New York State and American (Vice-Chair, 1987-1988, Chair-Elect, 1988-1989 and Chair, 1989-1990, Section of Litigation) Bar Associations.
Married Pamet Ayer Jones, September 21, 1961 (divorced March 1973). Children: Jon Steven, Katherine Ayer. Married Amanda G. Birrell, February 16, 1980 (divorced August 1996).
1 child, Elizabeth Torrey. Married Jane E. Blanksteen, August 22, 1996.