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Robert Lighthizer

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Robert Emmet Lighthizer (; born October 11, 1947) is an American attorney and government official who was the U.S. Trade Representative in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021. After he graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973, Lighthizer joined the firm of Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C. He left the firm in 1978 to work as chief minority counsel and later staff director and chief of staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance under Chairman Bob Dole. In 1983, Robert Lighthizer was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative for President Ronald Reagan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Lighthizer has received more than 894,144 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Lighthizer is the 103rd most popular lawyer (down from 74th in 2019), the 11,970th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,632nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Lawyer.

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  • 890k

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  • 48.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Robert Lighthizer ranks 103 out of 136. Before him are Irene Khan, Hauwa Ibrahim, Fatimata M'Baye, Finn Tveter, Robert Treat Paine, and Judy Sheindlin. After him are Thelma Aldana, Belva Ann Lockwood, Olivér Várhelyi, Seyran Ateş, Griffin Bell, and Hanna Maliar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Robert Lighthizer ranks 792. Before him are Tron Øgrim, Dao Bandon, Carry Geijssen, Norma McCorvey, Bruce Golding, and Gabriele Hinzmann. After him are Gennadiy Tsygankov, Rupert Hine, John Ralston Saul, Mike DeWine, Táňa Fischerová, and Hubert Ingraham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Lighthizer ranks 11,970 out of 20,380. Before him are Eugene J. Martin (1938), Anita Ward (1956), Chi Chi LaRue (1959), Danny Thomas (1912), Vincent Curatola (1953), and William Paca (1740). After him are Mara Wilson (1987), Nancy Carell (1966), Doug Burgum (1956), Nancy Dupree (1927), Frank Press (1924), and Joseph W. Tobin (1952).

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Among LAWYERS In United States

Among lawyers born in United States, Robert Lighthizer ranks 29. Before him are Christopher A. Wray (1966), John Dean (1938), Roscoe Pound (1870), Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870), Robert Treat Paine (1731), and Judy Sheindlin (1942). After him are Belva Ann Lockwood (1830), Griffin Bell (1918), Bryan Stevenson (1959), Carla Anderson Hills (1934), William O. Douglas (1898), and Robert Bork (1927).

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