Leslie Fagen
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Columbia Law School (JD)
Leslie Fagen | |
|---|---|
| Education | Yale College (BA) Columbia Law School (JD) |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Employer | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (former) |
Leslie Gordon Fagen is an American litigator. He was formerly a senior partner at the international law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.[1]
Fagen was born in Brooklyn, New York.[2] He earned his B.A. from Yale College in 1971 and went on to receive a J.D. from Columbia School of Law in 1974.[3][4] He clerked for Judge Jack B. Weinstein in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.[5][6]
Career
Fagen was formerly a senior partner in the Litigation Department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.[7][8] He had served as chair of the firm's Litigation Department.[9][10] As a trial lawyer, he had litigated on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.[11] His work at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP was profiled in a 2006 cover story in The American Lawyer that highlighted the firm’s litigation practice.[12]
In addition to his law practice, Fagen has taught as an adjunct lecturer at Columbia Law School and has served as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law School.[13][14]