After graduating from law school , he found a position at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission , with the assistance of Felix Frankfurter , interrupted by a one-year-long Supreme Court clerkship with Associate Justice William O. Douglas . During World War II , Ginsburg served on the staff of the Office of Price Administration from 1941 until his resignation in 1943 , where his hires included Richard Nixon , who had just graduated from the Duke University School of Law . Criticized for attempting to use influence to obtain a commission as an officer , President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to his support , writing that " when the political storms blow over ... , David ’s patriotic , unselfish and distinguished service to his country will be duly recognized . " Ultimately , Ginsburg enlisted as a private in the United States Army , where he drove trucks for a supply unit . He later earned the rank of captain and served on the staff of General Lucius D. Clay , the Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany . There he provided guidance in the rebuilding and reconstruction of the German economy and attended portions of the Nuremberg Trials and the Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
David Ginsburg (lawyer)