18-472: James Biggs may refer to: James Crawford Biggs (1872–1960), American lawyer and politician, James Hesketh Biggs , painter, photographer and engraver in South Australia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
36-601: A bachelor's degree in philosophy. He was a member of Zeta Psi fraternity as well as the scholastic honors fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa . Biggs studied law at University of North Carolina Law School from 1893 to 1894 and was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1894. He began a law practice in his hometown of Oxford, while teaching simultaneously as a professor at UNC (1898–1900) and Trinity Law School (1911–1912), in Durham, NC . From 1894 to 1898, Biggs also served as an adjutant in
54-521: A public setting. Waxman also made the oral argument to the Supreme Court on behalf of the respondent in Roper v. Simmons , in which the court held that the execution of minors was unconstitutional under the cruel and unusual clause of the 8th Amendment . Furthermore, he also represented Harvard University in the case, Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College . Waxman
72-677: Is a member of Brendan Dassey 's legal team and has been featured in Netflix 's true crime documentary series ' Making a Murderer ' Waxman has long been active in Bar, community and school organizations. He is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation , a member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Professionalism, a current and past ex officio member of several committees of the Judicial Conference of
90-619: The Yale Law Journal . He graduated in 1977 with a Juris Doctor . After law school, Waxman spent one year as a law clerk to Judge Gerhard Gesell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia . Thereafter, he entered the private practice of law with the boutique law firm Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin (now part of Baker Botts ), where he specialized in complex criminal, civil, and appellate litigation. Waxman has received substantial recognition for his pro bono work, including
108-774: The American Bar Association 's Pro Bono Publico award and the Anti-Defamation League 's Benjamin N. Cardozo Certificate of Merit. Waxman joined the United States Department of Justice in May 1994. Prior to being appointed solicitor general, he served in a number of other positions in the Department of Justice, including acting solicitor general, acting deputy attorney general, principal deputy solicitor general, and associate deputy attorney general . Waxman made
126-555: The Solicitor General of the United States . Seth Waxman Seth Paul Waxman (born November 28, 1951) is an American lawyer who served as the 41st Solicitor General of the United States from 1997 to 2001. He is the co-chairman of the appellate and Supreme Court litigation practice group at the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr . As of 2022, he has appeared before the Supreme Court more than 80 times. Waxman
144-578: The Southern Pacific Railroad in California. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Biggs Solicitor General in May 1933, at the start of the New Deal . Biggs was well out of his depth in his new position, and lost 10 of the 17 cases he argued in his first five months in office. By the end of his first term, Justice Stone commented that "Biggs was not fit to argue a cow case before a justice of
162-567: The North Carolina legal system, serving as a state supreme court reporter (1905–1907), and then as a judge of the Superior Court of North Carolina, from 1907 to 1911. He resigned from this position in 1911 in order to resume private law practice in Raleigh, NC. From 1917 to 1918, Biggs was given an opportunity to litigate on the federal level when he was chosen to be a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in charge of oil litigation against
180-535: The North Carolina state guard. Biggs was elected to serve two terms as the mayor of Oxford in 1897 and 1898. In 1899, he helped found the North Carolina Bar Association, which he served as its first Secretary-Treasurer, and later served as president (1914–1915). He served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Durham County in 1905. He continued his ascendency in
198-849: The attorney general in the Northern Pacific Land Grant Case. He also served as chairman on the North Carolina Board of Elections, trustee of the UNC Methodist Orphanage, and a member of the executive committee and counsel of the American Red Cross , 1933–1935. He was married to Margie Jordan for 53 years, with whom he had one daughter, Marjorie. James Biggs died on January 30, 1960, at his home in Raleigh, North Carolina . [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of
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#1732880784903216-782: The first New Deal case was argued in the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General—the person whose principal responsibility it is to represent the interests of the United States—was out. By the time a more capable successor took office, the New Deal was in deep legal trouble." (Cummings and Assistant Solicitor General Angus D. MacLean argued the Gold Clause Cases , which eventually marked some of the first successes for New Deal economic policies.) Biggs resigned on March 14, 1935. His successor (and future Supreme Court Justice) Stanley Reed
234-443: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_Biggs&oldid=932900885 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages James Crawford Biggs James Crawford Biggs (August 29, 1872 – January 30, 1960)
252-464: The oral argument to the Supreme Court on behalf of the petitioners in Boumediene v. Bush , in which the court upheld habeas corpus rights for detainees at Guantanamo Bay . Waxman also made oral arguments to the Supreme Court regarding arbitrary application of FCC sanctions on public nudity. In these arguments he used the friezes decorating the courtroom to illustrate how some nudity is acceptable in
270-469: The peace, unless the cow was fatally sick." According to former Solicitor General Seth Waxman , "[t]he Justices informally sent word to [President] Roosevelt that Biggs should not be permitted to argue any case the United States hoped to win. Attorney General Homer Cummings stepped in to ensure that important cases would be handled by attorneys outside the Solicitor General's office. Thus, even before
288-704: Was an American lawyer and politician, born in Oxford, North Carolina to William and Elizabeth Arlington (Cooper) Biggs. Biggs was a student at the Horner Military School in Oxford from 1883 to 1887 before attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He was an end on North Carolina's first great football team in 1892 . Biggs graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina (UNC) in 1893 with
306-558: Was born in 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut . His family is Jewish and lived in West Hartford, Connecticut . After graduating from Conard High School in 1969, Waxman studied social studies at Harvard University , graduating in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts , summa cum laude . He spent a year in Kenya as a Rockefeller Fellow before attending Yale Law School , where he was managing editor of
324-520: Was named his replacement on March 18 and confirmed by the Senate on March 25. Reed immediately set about dismissing several cert petitions filed by the government (e.g., Belcher v. United States ) because the cases were poorly postured to result in opinions upholding the New Deal. Biggs returned to private practice in Raleigh in March 1935. Soon afterward, the government called upon Biggs for his expertise to assist
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