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Lewis J. Liman is a partner based in the New York office. Mr. Liman is an experienced commercial litigator and appellate lawyer. Mr. Liman's practice focuses on securities and commercial litigation; white collar criminal defense and governmental investigations. He has represented numerous companies, individuals, and financial institutions in complex commercial litigation and governmental and internal investigations. He has also successfully argued cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits, and in the courts of New York State.

Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York, (Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney) (1994-99). Law Clerk, US District Court, Southern District of New York (1987-88) and US Supreme Court (1989-90). JD, Yale Law School (1987), MSc. Economics with distinction, London School of Economics (1984), AB, Harvard University (1983).

Federal Bar Council; NY Council of Defense Lawyers; Legal Aid Society; Association of the Bar of the City of New York.