The Honorable Jonathan Lippman

The Honorable Jonathan Lippman is of counsel in the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department. Judge Lippman served as chief judge of the State of New York and chief judge of the Court of Appeals from February 2009 through December 2015. Judge Lippman has served at all levels of the New York State Court system in a career spanning more than four decades, including service as a staff attorney, administrator, and judge. From January 1996 to May 2007, he served as the longest-tenured chief administrative judge in state history. From May 2007 to 2009, Judge Lippman served as the presiding justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Department. In 2008, Judge Lippman received the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence, presented each year by the nation’s chief justice. Judge Lippman presently serves as the chair of the Independent Commission on New York City Criminal Justice and Incarceration Reform. He is a graduate of New York University and the NYU School of Law.

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The Honorable Jonathan Lippman

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