Background
Friedman, Steven Lewis was born on March 28, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Sigmund and Elise Fanny (Kohn) Friedman.
Friedman, Steven Lewis was born on March 28, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Paul Sigmund and Elise Fanny (Kohn) Friedman.
Bachelor, Yale College, 1968; Juris Doctor, University of Pennsylvania, 1971.
Law clerk to Chief Justice Samuel J. Roberts, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Philadelphia, 1971-1972; senior partner, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish and Kauffman, Philadelphia, since 1972. Lecturer Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1978, 82, 83, 84, Energy Bureau, 1979, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute, 1982.
Member President's Commision on Campus Unrest (Kent State Task Force), 1970. Designate public representative, Transportation Advisory Committee Pennsylvania Transportation Commission, 1974-1975. Commissioner Delaware River Port Authority, 1974-1977, Pennsylvania State highway and Bridge Authority, 1977-1978.
Member ad hoc bonding committee Pennsylvania Department Environmental Resources, 1979-1980, mining advising committee, 1980-1983. Chairman hearing committee 1.06 Disciplinary Board Pennsylvania, 1980-1986. General counsel in the United States Likud Party of Israel,1988-, Israel Research Foundation, Education Fund for Israel.
Co-chairman NetanyahuMeml. Committee, 1986. Member American Bar Association (antitrust section, litigation section, natural resources law section), Pennsylvania Bar Association (environmental, mineral and natural resources law section, civil litigation section), National Conference of Christians and Jews (board directors 1973-1976), Philadelphia Bar Association (environmental quality committee, federal courts committee, bench-bar committee), American Trial Lawyers Association, Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, American Jewish Committee (national affairscommn. since 1989, national Board of Governors since 1991, national executive county since 1991, international relations commission since 1991, Delaware Valley chapter board directors 1974-1979, 86-, secretary 1989-1990, vice president since 1990, president 1993-1995, chairman since 1995), Project Interchange, Washington (United States Israel, board directors), Jewish National Fund (board directors 1979-1981, Friends of Bezalel (board directors Philadelphia chapter, vice president 1984-1989), National Museum American Jewish History (board directors 1985-1995), American Jewish Committee (humanrels. award Delaware Valley chapter 1992), Locust Club, Germantown CricketClub.
Married Mary Carson Foerster, August 25, 1968 (divorced December 1983). Children, Peter, Catharine. Married Marcie Jane Weintraub, September 28, 1986.
Children: Eric, Andrew.