Lewis Liman Biography – Lewis Liman Wiki

Lewis Liman is a Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump (Republican Party) on May 15, 2018, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 19, 2019.

Prior to assuming the bench on January 1, 2020, Judge Liman was a litigation partner at Cleary Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, LLP, and Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York and held the position of Deputy Chief of Appeals in that office.

He is a 1983 graduate of Harvard College and a 1987 graduate of Yale Law School and received a M.Sc. degree with distinction in International Relations from the London School of Economics.

Lewis Liman Age

Liman was born on December 3, 1960 in New York City, New York, U.S.

Lewis Liman Wife

Lewis Liman is married to Lisa Cohen Liman. According to The New York Times, Liman met Lisa Goodman Cohen on a double date — he was with his girlfriend, she was with her boyfriend. They did not actually start dating until the fall of 1997 — she sent him a condolence note after his father died, and when he called to thank her, they made a dinner date. On Jan. 16, 1999, the couple were married at the Harvard Club in Manhattan.

Family

Lewis Liman is the son of Ellen Fogelson and the late Arthur L. Liman, the trial lawyer who led the Iran-contra investigation in the U.S. Senate. His father, Arthur Liman, died at 64 on July 17, 1997, in his Manhattan apartment after suffering from bladder cancer. He has two siblings: Emily, a neurobiologist, and Douglas Liman, a filmmaker.

Salary

U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman is paid an annual salary of $247,400.

Political Party

Judge Lewis Liman is a Democratic. He was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by Republican President Donald Trump.

Religion

He is Jewish.