Lis Wiehl
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Lis Wiehl is an American author and legal analyst for Fox News
.
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 formerly offered legal commentary for National Public Radio program and on Bill O'Reilly
's radio program, The Radio Factor
. She also debates feminist issues every Friday with Marc H. Rudov
on Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto
. She is the sister of actor Christopher Wiehl
.
in Yakima, Wa, 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.
She began her career as a lawyer for the law firm of Perkins Coie
, 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.
Before joining Fox, Wiehl was a legal analyst for CBS
affiliate KIRO-TV
in Seattle, and (from November 2000 to February 2001) NBC News
.
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
and her husband, 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 and his girlfriend MSNBC
reporter Rita Cosby
, Fox News legal analyst Jonna Spilbor, and John Dearden. Judge Judy
Sheinlin showed up after the ceremony.
Wiehl has a daughter and a son from a previous marriage and was living in Westchester County, New York
before her marriage to Sherman. Her husband also has an adult son and an adult daughter from a previous marriage.
by Lis Wiehl (Author), April Henry (Author)
Released April 6, 2010 When the host of a popular radio talk show is murdered, the suspects almost outnumber his millions of listeners.
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
.
She is an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School
New York Law School
New York Law School is a private law school in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. The school is located within four blocks of all major courts in Manhattan. In 2011, New York Law School...
, and formerly was an associate professor at University of Washington Law School
University of Washington School of Law
The University of Washington School of Law is the law school of the University of Washington, located on the northwest corner of the main campus in Seattle, Washington.The most recent 2012 U.S...
. She formerly offered legal commentary for National Public Radio program and on Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly (commentator)
William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. is an American television host, author, syndicated columnist and political commentator. He is the host of the political commentary program The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, which is the most watched cable news television program on American television...
's radio program, The Radio Factor
The Radio Factor
The Radio Factor was a nationally syndicated talk radio program, which aired from 2002–2009 and was hosted mainly by Bill O'Reilly. The program, which featured host commentary with a mix of listener call-in and guest segments was broadcast live every weekday from the Fox News Channel studios in...
. She also debates feminist issues every Friday with Marc H. Rudov
Marc H. Rudov
Marc H. Rudov is an American author, columnist, relationship coach and media personality who is a self proclaimed antifeminist. He explains his philosophy in his two books: The Man’s No-Nonsense Guide to Women: How to Succeed in Romance on Planet Earth and Under the Clitoral Hood: How to Crank Her...
on Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto
Your World with Neil Cavuto
Your World with Neil Cavuto , which debuted as the Cavuto Business Report on the network's launch in 1996, is an American business television program appearing on Fox News Channel.-About the program:...
. She is the sister of actor Christopher Wiehl
Christopher Wiehl
-Life and career:Wiehl was born in Yakima, Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in dramatic arts. He is the brother of legal analyst Lis Wiehl....
.
Education and career
Wiehl graduated from West Valley High SchoolWest Valley High School
West Valley High School can refer to:*West Valley High School in Fairbanks, Alaska*West Valley High School in Cottonwood, California*West Valley High School in Hemet, California...
in Yakima, Wa, received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
in 1983, a Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
from the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
in 1985, and a Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor
Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...
from 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...
in 1987.
She began her career as a lawyer for the law firm of Perkins Coie
Perkins Coie
Perkins Coie is an international law firm based in Seattle, Washington. It has been listed on the Fortune Magazine "100 Best Places to Work in America" for the past nine years. It is noted for its intellectual property, Labor and Employment, and Products Liability practice groups, and for its...
, 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.
Before joining Fox, Wiehl was a legal analyst for CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate KIRO-TV
KIRO-TV
KIRO-TV, virtual channel 7, is the CBS affiliate television station in Seattle, Washington. It broadcasts on digital channel 39. The station's offices and broadcasting center are located near Seattle Center in Belltown, and its transmitter is located on Queen Anne Hill...
in Seattle, and (from November 2000 to February 2001) NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
.
Marriage to Mickey Sherman
Wiehl married criminal-defense attorney Mickey ShermanMickey Sherman
Michael "Mickey" Sherman, a criminal-defense attorney who has represented some famous clients, often appeared as a legal analyst on cable television talk shows. In June 2010, Sherman plead guilty for failing to pay more than $1.1 million in federal taxes....
on June 23, 2006 in Old Greenwich
Greenwich, Connecticut
Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is home to many hedge funds and other financial service companies. Greenwich is the southernmost and westernmost municipality in Connecticut and is 38+ minutes ...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
. Sherman is a television legal analyst who represented Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel
Michael Skakel
Michael C. Skakel was convicted in 2002 of the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley, his 15-year-old neighbor in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was sentenced to 20 years to life and remains incarcerated. Skakel is the nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the widow of Senator Robert F...
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
Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid 1970s to the mid 1980s, both on his early solo albums and those recorded as the frontman of the band Blackjack...
, Bolton's fiance, Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan
Nicollette Sheridan is an English film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Edie Britt on Desperate Housewives and as Paige Matheson on Knots Landing.-Early life:...
, Court TV founder Steven Brill
Steven Brill (law writer)
Steven Brill is the founder of CourtTV and American Lawyer magazine. He also founded the failed Verified Identity Pass, Inc., the New York-based company that operated the Clear airport security fast-pass. The service abruptly shut down June 23, 2009, without any notice to the company's 260,000...
, legal analysts Rikki Klieman
Rikki Klieman
Rikki Klieman is an American criminal defense lawyer and TV personality for TruTV. A native of Chicago, she worked in criminal defense in Boston and taught at Columbia Law School before moving to the entertainment field...
and Catherine Crier
Catherine Crier
Catherine Jean Crier is an American television personality and a former district court judge.-Life and career:Crier was born in Dallas, Texas in 1954 to William and Ann Crier and has two sisters. Crier graduated from Richardson High School and University of Texas at Austin, from which she earned...
, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, television host and journalist Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams is an American television host, legal commentator, web entrepreneur and best-selling author. He is currently Legal Analyst at ABC News Good Morning America , and a substitute anchor for the network. He formerly served as Chief Legal Analyst for NBC News, as General Manager of MSNBC and...
, CBS journalist Hannah Storm
Hannah Storm
Hannah Storm is an American television sports journalist, serving as co-anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter Monday–Thursday mornings, and is also host of the NBA Countdown pregame show on ABC as part of the network's NBA Sunday game coverage.-Early life and career:Storm was born in Oak Park, Illinois,...
and her husband, NBC Sports anchor Dan Hicks
Dan Hicks
Dan Hicks is the name of:*Dan Hicks , singer and musician*Dan Hicks , sportscaster*Dan Hicks , British historical archaeologist/anthropologist*Dan Hicks , American actor...
, actor (and her brother) Christopher Wiehl
Christopher Wiehl
-Life and career:Wiehl was born in Yakima, Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in dramatic arts. He is the brother of legal analyst Lis Wiehl....
, film producer and director Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. His films include Good Morning, Vietnam, Sleepers and Rain Man.-Early life:...
, Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera is an American attorney, journalist, author, reporter, and former talk show host...
, Fox News personality E.D. Hill, Connecticut state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut and a member of the Democratic Party. Previously, he served as Attorney General of Connecticut....
, filmmaker Tomaczek Bednarek and his girlfriend MSNBC
MSNBC
MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
reporter Rita Cosby
Rita Cosby
Rita Cosby is a television news anchor and correspondent, radio host, and best selling author. She is currently a Special Correspondent for the CBS syndicated program Inside Edition, specializing in interviewing newsmakers and political figures...
, Fox News legal analyst Jonna Spilbor, and John Dearden. Judge Judy
Judge Judy
Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
Sheinlin showed up after the ceremony.
Wiehl has a daughter and a son from a previous marriage and was living in Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...
before her marriage to Sherman. Her husband also has an adult son and an adult daughter from a previous marriage.
Books
- Waking Hours, with Pete Nelson, Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson , 2011, ISBN 978-1-595-54940-2 (First in East Salem series)
- Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life, New York : Ballantine Books, 2004, ISBN 978-0-345-46919-9 (0-345-46919-4)
- The 51% Minority: How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It, New York : Ballantine Books, ©2007, ISBN 978-0-345-46921-2 (0-345-46921-6)
- Face of Betrayal (A Triple Threat Novel)Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers-Fiction (April 7, 2009)
by Lis Wiehl (Author), April Henry (Author)
- ISBN 1595547053
- ISBN 978-1595547057
- Hand of Fate Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2010.
Released April 6, 2010 When the host of a popular radio talk show is murdered, the suspects almost outnumber his millions of listeners.
- Heart of Ice Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2011. Third in the Triple Threat Club novels series, which follow three fiercely intelligent women—a TV reporter, a Federal prosecutor and an FBI agent—as they investigate crimes as current as today’s headlines.
External links
- Official Website for Lis Wiehl
- Brief biographical sketch at Fox News Web site.