Lis Wiehl

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Lis Wiehl is a legal analyst for Fox News, joining the network in October 2001.

She is an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School, and formerly was an associate professor at University of Washington Law School. She frequently may be heard giving legal analysis on Bill O'Reilly's radio program, The Radio Factor. She is also a legal commentator for National Public Radio program All Things Considered.[1]

Wiehl was born in Yakima, Washington and is the sister of actor Christopher Wiehl.

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[edit] Education and career

Wiehl received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College in 1983, a Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Queensland in 1985, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1987.[1]

She began her career as a lawyer for Perkins Coie law firm, then served as a federal prosecutor from 1990-1995. Wiehl worked for the House of Representatives team (as "principal deputy chief minority investigative counsel" for the House Judiciary Committee) in the late 1990s, including during the Clinton impeachment proceedings..[2]

Before joining Fox, Wiehl was a legal analyst for CBS affiliate KIRO-TV in Seattle, and (from November 2000 to February 2001) NBC News. [1]

[edit] Marriage to Mickey Sherman

Wiehl married criminal-defense attorney Mickey Sherman on June 23, 2006 in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. Sherman is a television legal analyst who represented Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel in the murder trial in which Skakel was convicted.

Numerous celebrities were present at the marriage on June 23, 2006 at a Greenwich restaurant: singer Michael Bolton, Bolton's fiance, Nicollette Sheridan, Court TV founder Steven Brill, legal analysts Rikki Klieman and Catherine Crier, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, television host and journalist Dan Abrams, CBS journalist Hannah Storm, NBC Sports anchor Dan Hicks, actor (and her brother) Christopher Wiehl, film producer and director Barry Levinson, Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera, Fox News personality E.D. Hill, Connecticut state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, filmmaker Tomaczek Bednarek, Fox News legal analyst Jonna Spilbor, and John Dearden. Judge Judy Sheinlin showed up after the ceremony.[3]

Wiehl has a daughter and a son from a previous marriage and was living in Westchester County, New York before her marriage to Sherman.[2] Her husband also has an adult son and an adult daughter from a previous marriage.

[edit] Books

  • On sale February 27, 2007: "The 51% Minority: How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It" (Random House) 320 pages, ISBN 978-0-345-46921-2 (0-345-46921-6) [4]
  • "Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life", (2004)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c [1]Fox News Web site, Web page titled "Lis Wiehl", accessed October 11, 2006
  2. ^ a b [2]Greenwich Jaycees Web site, Web page titled "The Forum: Greenwich Jaycees Feb 8th Forum Event", accessed October 11, 2006
  3. ^ Costaregni, Susie, The Dish column, "Paul Simon springs a 'Surprise' visit", page A2, The Advocate of Stamford, July 1, 2006, page A2
  4. ^ [3]Random House Web site, Web page titled "Books: The 51% Minority" accessed October 11, 2006

[edit] External links

  • [4] Brief biographical sketch at Fox News Web site.


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