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Timothy Lewis

Timothy Lewis

Treasurer, Eradicate Hate Global Summit; Senior Counsel, Blank Rome

Eradicate Hate:
2021, 2022, 2023, Current

Timothy K. Lewis, a former federal appeals court judge, serves as a mediator, arbitrator, settlement counselor, and trial and appellate practitioner.

Before he entered private practice, Lewis served on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench, Lewis was an Assistant United States Attorney and an Assistant District Attorney in Pittsburgh.

Lewis has served on the Boards of the American Arbitration Association, the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, The Kiski School, the Imani Christian Academy, the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the Constitution Project, and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. He is a co-chair of the National Right to Counsel Committee and a member of the American Law Institute, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, the College of Commercial Arbitrators, the Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness, the Georgetown University Law Center Supreme Court Institute, and the Duquesne University School of Law Dean’s Advisory Committee.

Lewis frequently writes and speaks about matters affecting civil rights and the independence of the judiciary.

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The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.

Nick Rasmussen
Nicholas Rasmussen Counterterrorism Coordinator, Department of Homeland Security