Background
Arthur Lawrence Liman was born on November 5, 1932, in New York. He was the son of Harry K. Liman, a teacher and dressmaker, and Celia L. Feldman Liman, a Latin teacher.
Members of the Senate committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair huddle during a break in the 5/7 hearings. Seated left is Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine, seated right is Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H, from left: John Nields, Jr. chief counsel of the House committee; unidentified man, Arthur Liman, chief counsel of the Senate committee; and Sen. Daniel Inouye, D- Hawaii and chairman of the Senate committee.
Arthur Liman, chief counsel for the Senate committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair, continues questioning Rear Admiral John Poindexter about what he told US President Ronald Reagan concerning the sale of weapons to Iran and the transfer of money to the Contras during an afternoon session of the combined House and Senate investigating committees 15 July 1987 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day Poindexter, a former national security advisor, said that he deliberately never told President Reagan about the diversion of profits.
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
In 1954, Liman received from Harvard University a Bachelor of Arts.
New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
Liman received a LL.B. from Yale University in 1957.
Attorney Arthur Liman and wife Ellen attend the Wedding Reception for Jonathan Tisch and Laura Steinberg on April 18, 1988 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Attorney Arthur Liman and wife Ellen attend the Police Athletic League's 17th Annual Superstar Dinner Salute to Donald Trump on May 12, 1989 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Attorney Arthur Liman addresses the media after court for Michael Milken trial for securities fraud on April 24, 1990 at the U.S. District Court in New York City.
Attorney Arthur Liman and wife Ellen attend the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations' Fourth Ellis Island Medals of Honor Awards on May 16, 1993 at Ellis Island in New York City.
Members of the Senate committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair huddle during a break in the 5/7 hearings. Seated left is Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine, seated right is Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H, from left: John Nields, Jr. chief counsel of the House committee; unidentified man, Arthur Liman, chief counsel of the Senate committee; and Sen. Daniel Inouye, D- Hawaii and chairman of the Senate committee.
Senate Select Committee Chrmn. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (R) with Co-Chrmn. Warren Rudman (L) and Counsel Sen. Arthur L. Liman (C) studying majority report on Iran-Contra affair.
Sen. Counsel Arthur Liman during Iran-contra hrgs. on Capitol Hill.
Arthur Liman, chief counsel for the Senate committee investigating the Iran-Contra affair, continues questioning Rear Admiral John Poindexter about what he told US President Ronald Reagan concerning the sale of weapons to Iran and the transfer of money to the Contras during an afternoon session of the combined House and Senate investigating committees 15 July 1987 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day Poindexter, a former national security advisor, said that he deliberately never told President Reagan about the diversion of profits.
Attorney Arthur Liman leaves Dennis B. Levin's Inside Trading Trial on February 13, 1987 at the US District Court in White Plains, New York.
(In this candid memoir, written in the months before his d...)
In this candid memoir, written in the months before his death, Liman discusses his life in the law from the moment Roy Cohn's performance at the McCarthy hearings inspired him to become a lawyer (in order to stand against lawyers like Cohn) to his influential investigation of the Attica prison uprising, through his role as chief counsel in the Iran-Contra hearings, with looks at many fascinating cases, clients, and controversies along the way. Full of lively portraits of the moguls, financiers, politicians and criminals with whom Liman worked, and grounded in his insightful, provocative opinions on the practice of law and on today's legal issues, Lawyer is an absorbing read.
https://www.amazon.com/Lawyer-Counsel-Controversy-Arthur-Liman/dp/1586481770/?tag=2022091-20
1998
Arthur Lawrence Liman was born on November 5, 1932, in New York. He was the son of Harry K. Liman, a teacher and dressmaker, and Celia L. Feldman Liman, a Latin teacher.
In 1954, Liman received from Harvard University a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale University in 1957.
In 1958 Liman started working for New York City’s Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a distinguished Democratic firm with a long tradition of public service. After an approximately three-year interim as an assistant to the U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York, Liman return to the firm and became a partner in 1966, remaining so until his death in 1997. Included among his clients were such blue chip corporations as CBS, Calvin Klein and Time-Warner, as well as some who walked the shady side of the law, people like Robert L. Vesco, the fugitive financier; Dennis B. Levine, the convicted Wall Street inside trader; and Michael R. Milken, who admitted to violating Federal securities law.
Beginning his practice of the law after graduating from Yale Law School in 1957, Liman was not content just doing the bidding of corporate clients. Liman began dividing his time between his law practice and public service. Among Liman’s most newsworthy cases: the four-day-long Attica State Prison rebellion in the fall of 1971, in which over forty inmates and guards were killed amid rioting; and his appointment in 1987 as chief counsel to the U.S. Senate committee established to investigate the Iran-Contra affair.
In his capacity as chief counsel, Liman spent three months pouring though mountains of government documents, seeking to understand the motives of men like Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim.
(In this candid memoir, written in the months before his d...)
1998Quotations: “I’m not dealing with insider traders here. I’m dealing, with Col. North, with a person who didn’t stay in government in order to make money. And that makes it in my mind, this phenomenon, much more dangerous and difficult to control. Because if you start with people who had good motivations - they wanted to serve their country - and things go as wrong as this, you have to say why and who’s responsible?”
Liman was a member of the American Bar Association, American Bar Foundation, American College of Trial Lawyers, New York State Bar Association, as well as of the Bar Association of the City of New York and Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights under Law.
Quotes from others about the person
“Liman was considered a master of cross-examination, a litigator who used his gifts of a cold-steel intellect, total recall of intricate details and supreme self-assurance to drive straight to the heart of a case and through the defenses of a hostile witness.” - Clyde Haberman
"With the knowledge that he would be dead from bladder cancer within a year, Liman began writing an autobiography focused on his professional career, hoping that it would inspire young lawyers to regard the profession as he did - a way to serve the public interest." - Peter Sistrom
On September 20, 1959, Liman married Ellen Fogelson, a writer, painter, and interior decorator. They had three children: Lewis, Emily and Douglas.