U.S. Senate in 2005. Later After Snyder's nomination died, he resigned his partnership at Hogan & Hartson and took early retirement, according to a New York Times article on August 11, 2002. "Senator Specter congratulated me on how well things had gone and told me he was confident I would be confirmed and told me I would be a great judge," Snyder told the Times. "And then the committee never took a vote." Snyder, who is known to be close friends with Chief Justice John G. Roberts, is a longtime resident of Bethesda, Maryland. Personal life On August 10, 1969, Snyder married Jean Port. He and his wife served as emergency foster parents for several years and eventually adopted another daughter from the foster care system. In 2011, Snyder was approached by Children's Law Center, the largest legal services organization in the District of Columbia, which works to achieve permanency and stability for children. Snyder joined Children's Law Center to work on appellate cases and strategy. He encourages other lawyers near- or post-retirement to consider similar positions. "There is a great unmet need in the community for pro bono service," Snyder told The National Law Journal. "For a retiring lawyer, it is an opportunity to carve out a niche of the law that you care about." See also Bill Clinton judicial appointment controversies List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 9) References 1946 births Living people George Washington University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States Lawyers from Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., Democrats 20th-century American lawyers