Leo Gottlieb | |
Birth Date: | June 21, 1896 |
Death Date: | September 26, 1989 |
Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
Education: | Harvard University |
Occupation: | Lawyer |
Children: | 1 daughter |
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]
Gottlieb is the namesake of the Leo Gottlieb Professorship of Law at the Harvard Law School, formerly held by Senator Elizabeth Warren.[3]