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Robert Lighthizer

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Robert Emmet Lighthizer (; born October 11, 1947) is an American attorney and government official who was the U.S. Trade Representative in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021. After he graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973, Lighthizer joined the firm of Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C. He left the firm in 1978 to work as chief minority counsel and later staff director and chief of staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance under Chairman Bob Dole. In 1983, Robert Lighthizer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for President Ronald Reagan. In 1985, Lighthizer joined the Washington office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a partner and led the firm's international trade group. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Lighthizer is the 97th most popular lawyer (up from 103rd in 2019), the 10,379th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,965th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Robert Lighthizer ranks 97 out of 136. Before him are Amy Chua, Fatimata M'Baye, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Richard Wagner, Clara González, and Irene Khan. After him are Aisha Rateb, Roscoe Pound, Hauwa Ibrahim, Felix Frankfurter, Benjamin N. Cardozo, and Christopher A. Wray.

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Among people born in 1947, Robert Lighthizer ranks 752. Before him are Roky Erickson, Tomas Pettersson, Eva Ström, Helena Takalo, Rupert Holmes, and Viacheslav Semenov. After him are Dan Lauria, Gustav Hasford, Carry Geijssen, Clemente Mastella, Stephanie Beacham, and Jim Marurai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Lighthizer ranks 10,381 out of 20,380. Before him are David M. Walker (1944), Aaron Neville (1941), Ron Livingston (1967), Jenny Slate (1982), Chace Crawford (1985), and DeHart Hubbard (1903). After him are Darren McGavin (1922), Len Wiseman (1973), Tim Kaine (1958), Anita Louise (1915), Shari Arison (1957), and Ralph Barton Perry (1876).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Robert Lighthizer ranks 27. Before him are Michael Cohen (1966), Lawrence Lessig (1961), Ken Starr (1946), Wendell Willkie (1892), Clarence Darrow (1857), and Amy Chua (1962). After him are Roscoe Pound (1870), Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870), Christopher A. Wray (1966), G. Gordon Liddy (1930), John Dean (1938), and Belva Ann Lockwood (1830).

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