Lewis J. Paper (born October 13, 1946) is an American Democratic Party politician, attorney, and author.

Biography

He was born in

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, the son of Dorothy and Sidney Paper. He is a 1968 graduate of the

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, with high distinction and honors in Political Science. He graduated from

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in 1971, and as part of a fellowship with the Institute of Public Interest Representation, received his Masters of Law from

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in 1972. In 1967, he was a White House intern in the administration of President

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. From 1972 to 1973, he worked for the Washington, D.C.–based Citizens Communication Center, a public interest law firm specializing in broadcasting. He was the Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator

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, Democrat of Wisconsin, from 1973 to 1975. After returning to New Jersey in 1975, he was an associate at the Newark law firm of

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. In 1977, Paper became the Democratic nominee for New Jersey State Senator in the 25th district, which included parts of Essex, Morris and Passaic counties. His opponent was three-term Republican

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. Paper was defeated by more 12,421 votes—35,517 to 23,096–61%-39%. This was Paper's first and only bid for public office. After his loss in the State Senate race, Paper moved back to Washington to take a post in the

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. He was the Assistant General Counsel for Agenda Review and Policy for the

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from 1978 to 1981. He left after Carter lost his re-election bid. Paper was a partner at four Washington law firms: Grove and Engelberg from 1981 to 1986, Keck, Mahin and Cate, from 1986 until the firm's collapse in 1997,

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from 1997 to 2012, and

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since 2012. He is the author of six books: ''The Promise and the Performance: The Leadership of John F. Kennedy''(1975), ''Brandeis: An Intimate Biography of One of America's Truly Great Supreme Court Justices''(1983), ''Empire: William S Paley and the Making of CBS''(1987), ''Deadly Risks'' (2008), ''Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made It Happen'' (2009), and ''In the Cauldron: Terror, Tension, and the American Ambassador's Struggle to Avoid Pearl Harbor''. .

References

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