Lewis B. Kaden
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Lewis B. Kaden is a Vice Chairman at Citigroup Inc
.
Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Kaden had spent most of his career in academia and working as a high-powered lawyer
. He spent 21 years with the large international law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell
and also taught labor relations and constitutional law
as an adjunct professor at Columbia University
's Law School. For nearly a decade before entering private practice, Mr. Kaden was a tenured professor at Columbia.
Mr. Kaden was raised in the blue-collar city of Perth Amboy
, New Jersey
, by a father who operated a small trucking company. He graduated from Harvard College
and Harvard Law School
. After he graduated from Harvard Law School, Mr. Kaden joined the legislative staff of Sen. Robert Kennedy. By age 26, he was on the staff of Mr. Kennedy during the senator's four-month run for president, which ended with Mr. Kennedy's assassination in 1968. In 1970, Kaden ran as an anti-war candidate in the Democratic primary for the House of Representatives in New Jersey's 15th Congressional District against Representative Edward J. Patten
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He is married to Ellen Oran Kaden
.
Citigroup
Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate...
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Prior to joining Citigroup, Mr. Kaden had spent most of his career in academia and working as a high-powered lawyer
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
. He spent 21 years with the large international law firm of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is an international law firm. The firm employs more than 800 attorneys worldwide and is headquartered in New York City. The firm represents many of the world's largest companies and leading financial institutions, and is best known for its corporate and litigation...
and also taught labor relations and constitutional law
Constitutional law
Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary....
as an adjunct professor at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
's Law School. For nearly a decade before entering private practice, Mr. Kaden was a tenured professor at Columbia.
Mr. Kaden was raised in the blue-collar city of Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Perth Amboy is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. The City of Perth Amboy is part of the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was 50,814. Perth Amboy is known as the "City by the Bay", referring to Raritan Bay.-Name:The Lenape...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, by a father who operated a small trucking company. He graduated from Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
and Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
. After he graduated from Harvard Law School, Mr. Kaden joined the legislative staff of Sen. Robert Kennedy. By age 26, he was on the staff of Mr. Kennedy during the senator's four-month run for president, which ended with Mr. Kennedy's assassination in 1968. In 1970, Kaden ran as an anti-war candidate in the Democratic primary for the House of Representatives in New Jersey's 15th Congressional District against Representative Edward J. Patten
Edward J. Patten
Edward James Patten was an American lawyer and politician. Patten, a Democrat, represented the now-redistricted New Jersey's 15th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for seventeen years, lasting from 1963 until 1980.-Background:Patten was born and attended public...
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He is married to Ellen Oran Kaden
Ellen Kaden
Ellen Kaden is the chief legal and government affairs officer at Campbell Soup Company. She joined the company in 1998, after having served as the chief legal officer of CBS, Inc...
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