Lewis J. Liman
Lewis J. Liman | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
Assumed office December 31, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Paul A. Crotty |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | December 3, 1960
Political party | Democratic[1] |
Spouse |
Lisa Cohen Liman (m. 1999) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Arthur L. Liman (father) Doug Liman (brother) |
Education | Harvard University (BA) London School of Economics (MSc) Yale University (JD) |
Lewis Jeffrey Liman (born December 3, 1960) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Education
Liman graduated from the
Career
Upon graduation from law school he spent a brief period as an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He served as a law clerk to Judge Pierre N. Leval of the Southern District of New York before Leval was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He then subsequently clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States.[2]
Before entering private practice, Liman served for five years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he rose to serve as Deputy Chief of Appeals.
From 2003 to 2019, he was a partner in the New York City office of
Federal judicial service
In August 2017, Liman was one of several candidates pitched to New York Senators
On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under
Personal Life
Liman married his wife Lisa (née Cohen) in 1999.[11] An alumnus of Barnard College, she was previously the institution's director of alumnae programs.[12] They have two daughters.[13]
See also
- List of Jewish American jurists
- List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 4)
References
- ^ Voruganti, Harsh (2018-08-09). "Lewis Liman – Nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York". The Vetting Room. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
- ^ a b c "President Donald J. Trump Announces Fourteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Thirteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Eighth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees" White House, May 10, 2018 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Tillman, Zoe (August 7, 2017). "The White House Has Pitched A Nominee For Manhattan's Powerful US Attorney Opening". BuzzFeed. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
- ^ "Fifteen Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate Today" White House, May 15, 2018
- ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – September 13, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominations", White House, April 8, 2019
- ^ "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate", The White House, May 21, 2019
- ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 20, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Lewis J. Liman, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Lewis J. Liman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ "Vows: Lisa Cohen and Lewis Liman". The New York Times. January 24, 1999.
- ^ "BC Appoints New Alumae Director". Columbia Daily Spectator. September 11, 2000.
- ^ "Liman at 20: Launching and Celebrating the New Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law" (PDF). Liman Center Report Fall 2017. Yale Law School.
External links
- Lewis J. Liman at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Appearances at the U.S. Supreme Court from the Oyez Project