Charles Fried

Charles Fried
Charles Fried
Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
	In office; September 1995 – June 1999
Appointed by	William Weld
Preceded by	Joseph Nolan
Succeeded by	Judith Cowin
Solicitor General of the United States
	In office; June 1, 1985 – January 20, 1989; Acting: June 1, 1985 – October 23, 1985
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Rex Lee
Succeeded by	William Bryson (Acting)
Personal details
Born	April 15, 1935; Prague, Czechoslovakia; (now Czech Republic)
Died	January 23, 2024 (aged 88)
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Anne Summerscale
Children	2
Education	Princeton University (BA); University of Oxford (BA); Columbia University (LLB)

Charles Fried (April 15, 1935 – January 23, 2024)^[1] was a Czech-born American jurist and lawyer of Jewish descent.^[1] He served as United States Solicitor General under President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1989. He was a professor at Harvard Law School and was a visiting professor at Columbia Law School.

Fried was the author of nine books and over 30 journal articles, and his work appeared in over a dozen collections.

Fried died on January 23, 2024 at the age of 88.^[2]

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