Edward Lazarus (born September 9, 1959) is an American lawyer and writer. He currently serves as General Counsel for

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. From 2013 to 2018, Lazarus was general counsel and chief strategy officer for the Tribune Corporation, following its exit from bankruptcy. On January 16, 2017, he was named by President

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to serve on the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He also served as Chief of Staff of the

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from June 2008 to January 2012. He went to the FCC from the

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office of the law firm

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, where he was the head of litigation for the renowned firm.

Early life and career

Lazarus graduated from

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in 1981 and

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in 1987. He was a

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for Justice

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from 1988 to 1989. From 2004 to April 2009, he wrote a regular column for

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, and he appeared as a guest expert on legal affairs for several television and radio stations, including

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with

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. He is best known as the author of '' Closed Chambers,'' a controversial look at the inner workings of the

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. His first book, ''Black Hills, White Justice,'' was about the legal history of the Sioux Nation's land claims against the United States for compensation for the

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— for which his father, Arthur Lazarus, Jr. was a principal attorney — culminating in the

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's ruling in '' United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians''.

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Early life and career

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