Eric Lewis
 Eric Lewis  (lawyer, barrister) | |
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| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Members 2 |
A defence witness in the Assange case | |
Eric L. Lewis is an American lawyer who practises in the areas of international litigation and arbitration, serious fraud, banking, international insolvency and complex securities litigation.
A leading figure in international human rights, Eric Lewis has represented Guantánamo detainees for more than a dozen years in civil litigation, administrative hearings and habeas corpus petitions. He has also acted on behalf of Afghan prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan, amongst many other cases. He is on the board of the International Senior Lawyers Project and is Chairman of Reprieve US.[1]
Barrister
Eric Lewis has worked closely with the English Bar for more than thirty years, serving as US or coordinating counsel in such matters as the liquidations of Bank of Credit and Commerce International, Laker Airways, Polly Peck and Madoff International.
He has lectured on human rights issues at Oxford University and holds an M.Phil. from the University of Cambridge, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.[2]
Affiliations
- Elected Member, Council on Foreign Relations
- Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
- Honorary Overseas Member of the Commercial Bar Association of England and Wales
- Elected Member of the American Law Institute
- Chairman, Reprieve US
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 10 | blog post | 16 September 2020 | Craig Murray | Q. Counsel for the US Government James Lewis QC asks defence witness: you suggest that the First Amendment precludes this prosecution. A. Eric Lewis Yes, There has never been a prosecution of a publisher under the Espionage Act of 1917 for publication of classified information. |
| Document:Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 9 | blog post | 15 September 2020 | Craig Murray | Craig Murray: "It has taken me literally all night to write this up – it is now 8.54am – and I have to finish off and get back into court. The six of us allowed in the public gallery, incidentally, have to climb 132 steps to get there, several times a day. As you know, I have a very dodgy ticker; I am with Julian’s dad John Shipton who is 78; and another of us has a pacemaker." |
