Lewin & Lewin, LLP - Alyza Lewin
Alyza D. Lewin
Alyza D. Lewin specializes in litigation and government
relations. She currently practices law together with her
father, Nathan Lewin, at Lewin & Lewin, LLP. Her work
involves criminal defense and civil litigation matters. Her
clients include individuals and corporations under
investigation by the Department of Justice for matters
including (but not limited to) tax-fraud, mail-fraud, export-
control act violations, and money-laundering. Ms. Lewin
also represents clients who have been denied security
clearance before the Defense Office of Hearing and
Appeals. In addition, Ms. Lewin represents government
employees who are subjects of inquiries relating to their
official duties. Her achievements include: convincing the
Department of Justice not to indict a client investigated for
tax-fraud; lobbying the United States Congress on behalf of
(and ultimately gaining passage of) a law to assist the
family of an American-Israeli soldier missing in action; and
filing the first lawsuit under the anti-terrorism laws on
behalf of American victims of terror against organizations
based in the United States that provide material support to
international terrorist groups. Prior to establishing Lewin &
Lewin, Ms. Lewin worked at Wilmer Cutler and Pickering
(now WilmerHale) and at Miller Cassidy Larroca and Lewin.
Ms. Lewin began her law career in Israel where she
clerked on the Supreme Court for Deputy President Justice
Menachem Elon. She is Executive Vice President of the
American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and
serves on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community
Council of Greater Washington. She served on the Board of
Directors of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of
Columbia from 2001-2004.
Ms. Lewin is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia
and in New York. She received her B.A. from Princeton
University in 1988 and a J.D. from New York University
School of Law in 1992. She is married to Eliezer M.
Halbfinger and has four children.
relations. She currently practices law together with her
father, Nathan Lewin, at Lewin & Lewin, LLP. Her work
involves criminal defense and civil litigation matters. Her
clients include individuals and corporations under
investigation by the Department of Justice for matters
including (but not limited to) tax-fraud, mail-fraud, export-
control act violations, and money-laundering. Ms. Lewin
also represents clients who have been denied security
clearance before the Defense Office of Hearing and
Appeals. In addition, Ms. Lewin represents government
employees who are subjects of inquiries relating to their
official duties. Her achievements include: convincing the
Department of Justice not to indict a client investigated for
tax-fraud; lobbying the United States Congress on behalf of
(and ultimately gaining passage of) a law to assist the
family of an American-Israeli soldier missing in action; and
filing the first lawsuit under the anti-terrorism laws on
behalf of American victims of terror against organizations
based in the United States that provide material support to
international terrorist groups. Prior to establishing Lewin &
Lewin, Ms. Lewin worked at Wilmer Cutler and Pickering
(now WilmerHale) and at Miller Cassidy Larroca and Lewin.
Ms. Lewin began her law career in Israel where she
clerked on the Supreme Court for Deputy President Justice
Menachem Elon. She is Executive Vice President of the
American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists and
serves on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Community
Council of Greater Washington. She served on the Board of
Directors of the Women’s Bar Association of the District of
Columbia from 2001-2004.
Ms. Lewin is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia
and in New York. She received her B.A. from Princeton
University in 1988 and a J.D. from New York University
School of Law in 1992. She is married to Eliezer M.
Halbfinger and has four children.
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