Background
Lewin, Nathan was born on January 31, 1936 in Lodz, Poland. Son of Isaac and Peppy (Sternheim) Lewin. came to the United States, 1941.
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Nathan Lewin
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Yeshiva College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1957). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1960). Spoken languages: Hebrew and Yiddish.
Career
Barnett Bank of Marion County v. Nelson, 116 S.Ct. 1103 (1996); K-Mart Corporation v. Cartier, 486 United States. 281 (1988); County of Allegheny v. ACLU, 492 United States. 573 (1989); Commissioner v. Shapiro, 424 United States. 614 (1976); Smith v. Our Lady of the Lake Hosp., 960 F.2d 439 (5th Cir. 1992); United States v. Hansen, 772 F.2d 940 (D.C. Cir. 1985); Virgin Islands v. Lee, 775 F.2d 514 (3rd Cir. 1985).Worked at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P. (Washington, DC) specializing in Civil and Criminal Practice before all Federal Courts and Agencies. Admitted to the bar, 1962, New York. 1963, District of Columbia.
Editor, 1958-1959 and Treasurer, 1959-1960, Harvard Law Review. Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Law School, 1971-1974, 1975-1977. Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, 1974-1975.
Lecturer: University of Chicago Law School, 1994. Columbia Law School, 1996, 1997. Law Clerk to: Chief Judge J. Edward Lumbard, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1960-1961. Justice John M. Harlan, United States. Supreme Court, 1961-1962.
Special Assistant to Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, 1962-1963. Assistant to Solicitor General, Department of Justice, 1963-1967. Deputy Administrator, Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, Department of State, 1967-1968.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 1968-1969. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Federal and American Bar Associations. International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (President, American Section, 1991-1996. Honorary President).
Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, L.L.P. was founded in 1965 and is a firm of approximately 40 lawyers specializing in complex civil and criminal matters. Most of the firm's litigation is in federal courts throughout the United States, but the firm also presents cases in state courts and before administrative agencies and arbitration panels. In the firm's criminal practice, it counsels and defends individuals and corporations faced with potential compliance problems, investigations or charges of misconduct in the general category popularly referred to as "White Collar Crime." This includes the increasingly broad range of commercial, industrial and financial activities which now generate compliance obligations and exposure for both United States. and foreign entities, including government contracting rules, antitrust laws, The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, United States.
Trade Laws, environmental, health care and other statutes governing domestic and foreign corporate operations. The firm's civil litigation includes representation of corporations and individuals, both plaintiffs and defendants. Recently litigated matters include legal and accountant malpractice, insurance coverage disputes, banking, government procurement, antitrust, securities, defamation and employment discrimination matters.
The firm has an active practice in appellate and constitutional litigation, and is often retained to brief and argue appeals, or to file petitions for review, in the United States Supreme Court and other federal and state appellate courts.
Achievements
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Bar: New York 1962, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1965, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1968, United States Court Appeals (4th and 6th circuits) 1970, District of Columbia 1972, Maryland. 1972, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia, 2d, and 5th circuits) 1972, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1972, United States District Court (southern district) Illinois 1974, United States Tax Court District of Columbia 1974, United States Court Appeals (1st circuit) 1977, United States Court Appeals (3d circuit 1980), United States Court Appeals (9th and 11th circuits) 1981, United States District Court (southern district) New York 1986, United States Court Appeals (10th circuit) 1989, United States Court Appeals (8th circuit) 1994.
Membership
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Federal and American Bar Associations.
International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (President, American Section, 1991-1996. Honorary President).
Connections
Married Rena Rikki Gordon, August 26, 1962. Children: Alyza Doba, Na'ama Batya.
