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Leo Gottlieb (June 21, 1896 – September 26, 1989) [1] was an American lawyer. He worked for Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland from 1920 to 1946, and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton from 1946 to 1974. He was the president of the New York Lawyers' Association in the early 1960s. [2]
Sep 27, 1989 · Leo Gottlieb, a lawyer and former president of the New York County Lawyers Association, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93 years old. Mr. Gottlieb, a 1920 graduate of the...
Despite their differences, these seven lawyers—George Cleary, Leo Gottlieb, Henry Friendly, Mel Steen, Hugh Cox, Fowler Hamilton, and George Ball—shared a deep respect for each other’s intellectual prowess, high professional standards, and progressive social values.
Leo Gottlieb, a lawyer and former president of the New York County Lawyers Association, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93 years old. Mr. Gottlieb, a 1920 graduate of the Harvard University Law School, was since 1946 a partner in the Manhattan firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and its predecessor.
Christine Desan is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law. She teaches about the political economy of capitalism, the constitutional law of money, the international monetary system, constitutional history, and legal theory.
Jan 1, 2024 · Among them was Leo Gottlieb, who became the first Jewish partner in a major Wall Street law firm, Cleary Gottlieb. “Most Jewish attorneys followed Gottlieb to Cleary,” notes Paul Hoffman in his 1973 book, Lions in the Street: The Inside Story of the Great Wall Street Law Firms.
Christine A. Desan is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law and an expert on monetary policy and the economy. Credit: Martha Stewart
