Please answer the following question: What key details about abraham david sofaer  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: abraham david sofaer -lrb- born 1938 -rrb- is a former federal judge for the united states district court for the southern district of new york , and then a legal adviser to the united states state department . after resigning from the state department he became the george p. shultz senior fellow in foreign policy and national security affairs at the hoover institution , stanford university .
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- successor is michael mukasey edwin d. williamson- predecessor is marvin e. frankel davis rowland robinson- office is judge southern district of new york legal adviser of the department of of state professor of law at columbia university school of the law united states district court for the- term end is june 9 , 1985 june 15 , 1990 1979- nominator is jimmy carter- term start is march 23 , 1979 june 10 , 1985 1969- birth date is 1938- name is abraham david sofaer- footnotes is author , and constitutional power '' -rsb- , historical account of of the constitutional powers of congress and the president to control '' or affect the use of force . -lsb- http://books.google.com/books?id=t_uvaqaaiaaj&amp;q=war,+foreign+affairs,+and+constitutional+power&amp;dq=war,+foreign+affairs,+and+constitutional+power&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=f8natn72jm6s8abgy-xkbg&amp;sa=x&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=2&amp;ved=0cc4q6aewaq war , foreign affairs- birth place is bombay , india- alma mater is new 1965 -rrb- york university school of law -lrb- ll.b ,