Lis Wiehl
Lawyer, Author and Former Fox News Legal Analyst
TRAVELS FROM: New York
Lis Wiehl is a New York Times best selling author, and a nationally recognized legal reporter and commentator. She is the author of 18 books, and was a legal analyst and reporter for the Fox News Channel for fifteen years. Lis is currently an anchor for The Law & Crime Network and a Professor of Law at New York Law School and the host of the podcast Pursuit of Justice with Lis Wiehl. Prior to joining the Fox News Channel in New York City, Wiehl served as a legal analyst and reporter for NBC News and NPR's All Things Considered and was the co-host on the nationally syndicated show The Radio Factor. Before that, Wiehl served as a Federal Prosecutor in the United States Attorney's office in Seattle, and was a Professor of Law at the University of Washington. She also served as Investigative Counsel during the Impeachment of President Clinton. Wiehl is also the author of The 51% Minority, which won the 2008 award for Books for a Better Life in the Motivational category.
Lis Wiehl is a New York Times best-selling author of both fiction and nonfiction books, a journalist, an attorney, and a legal analyst. She is an anchor for the Law & Crime network (a multi-media live trial network), host of the podcast Pursuit of Justice with Lis Wiehl and an adjunct professor of Law at New York Law School. Lis is the author of eighteen books, including the first in The Hunting Series, Hunting Charles Manson: The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter (Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins, 2018).
Lis Wiehl is one of the nation's most highly regarded commentators and legal experts. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Wiehl practiced law in a private law firm in Seattle where she also wrote by-lined articles on legal issues for The New York Times. From there she went on to become a third generation federal prosecutor (her grandfather and her father — an FBI agent — were also federal prosecutors) in the US Attorney's Office in Seattle. She served as the Deputy Chief Investigative Counsel for Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee during President Clinton's impeachment. From 1995 to 2001, she was a tenured law professor at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, where she ran the Trial Advocacy Program, which won several national awards during her tenure.
During her time at the University of Washington, Wiehl also stepped deeper into journalism by working as a reporter and legal analyst for NPR's All Things Considered, MSNBC/NBC News, and locally at KIRO, the CBS network affiliate in Seattle. After MSNBC and National Public Radio, Wiehl moved to the Fox News Channel where she served as a legal analyst and reporter for over fifteen years. During her time at the Fox News Channel, she appeared on numerous shows including The O'Reilly Factor, Your World with Neil Cavuto, The Kelly File with Megyn Kelly, Lou Dobbs Tonight, and the Imus morning show. Wiehl also hosted the Legal Lis radio show and the Wiehl of Justice podcast.
In 2005, Wiehl released her first book, Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life. Two years later she released The 51% Minority: How Women Still Are Not Equal and What You Can Do About It which was awarded the 2008 award for Books for a Better Life in the motivational category. Since then, Wiehl has continued to write best-selling books of fiction and non-fiction.
Lis Wiehl continues to appear in the media as a legal expert and commentator for organizations including CNN, CBS, NBC, and NPR among others. She regularly lectures at colleges and universities, appears as a keynote speaker, and speaks at bookstores, conferences, and literary festivals.
Wiehl earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, her Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Queensland, and a bachelor's degree (summa cum laude) from Barnard College, Columbia University. Lis Wiehl currently lives in New York.
Winning Every Time: How to Use the Skills of a Lawyer in the Trials of Your Life
How Women Still Are Not Equal & What You Can Do About It