Background
Pollak, Stephen John was born on March 22, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Maurice August Pollak and Laura (Kramer) Fisher.
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Stephen John Pollak
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Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1950; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1956.
Career
Associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, 1956-1961; assistant to solicitor general, Department Justice, Washington, 1961-1964; legal counsel to President's Task Force, War Against Poverty, Washington, 1964; deputy general counsel, Office Economics Opportunity, Washington, 1964-1965; 1st assistant to assistant attorney general Civil Rights Division, Department Justice, Washington, 1965-1967; advisor to President for National Capital Affairs, Washington, 1967; special assistant to attorney general, Department Justice, Washington, 1967; assistant attorney general Civil Rights Division, Department Justice, Washington, 1967-1969; counsel, associate independent counsel to independent counsel James C. McKay, Franklyn C. Nofziger Matters, Washington, 1987-1988, 89-90; mediator, United States Court Appeals and District Court, Washington, since 1989; partner, Shea & Gardner, Washington, since 1969. Board directors Draper and Kramer, Inc., Chicago.
Achievements
Membership
Member History Society District of Columbia Circuit, board directors, since 1993, chair oral history project, since 1993. Member house delegations District of Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference Committee on the Adminstrn.of Justice Under Emergency Conditions, 1971-1973, chair commission on pro bono legal services, since 1997. Board visiting McGeorge School of Law, California, since 1987.
President Housing Development Corporation, 1976-1980, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Ednl. Fund, Inc., Washington, 1987-1995. Board directors Black Student Fund, Washington,1976-1980, trustee, since 1969.
Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association (public services activities review committee 1990-1992, chair, 1989-1995, Board of Governors 1972, 73, 81-82, secretary 1974-1975, president-elect 1979-1980, president 1980-1981, Frederick B. Abramson award 1992, 94), District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission (secretary 1986-1988, acting chair 1988-1989, chair 1989-1990), American Law Institute, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Connections
Married Ruth Scheinfeld, June 22, 1951. Children: Linda Jan, David Michael, Roger Lincoln, Eve Juliette.
