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Lee Liberman Otis

Director/Senior Vice President · The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies

Director/Senior Vice President at The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 3 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Organizations
3
Roles reported
3
Reported compensation
$464K

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as Director/Senior Vice President of The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, based in Washington, DC.
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Received $464K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Secretary/Trustee of Holman Foundation INC — $969.
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Also listed as Secretary/Trustee of Holman Supporting Foundation, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Lee Liberman Otis is a prominent legal figure and a co-founder of the Federalist Society, where she currently serves as Executive Vice President and Senior Counselor to the President, having previously held the title of Senior Vice President and Faculty Division Director. She was instrumental in the organization's early development, helping to establish its Chicago chapter, organize initial conferences, and secure its incorporation and funding.

Her extensive career spans significant roles in government, including positions at the U.S. Department of Justice and as General Counsel of the Department of Energy, as well as an associate counsel to President George H.W.

Bush. She also served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and as an assistant professor of law at George Mason University.

Compiled from public web sources (6 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
1982
Earlier career
  • Executive Vice President and Senior Counselor to the President, The Federalist Society (current role, previously Senior Vice President and Faculty Division Director)
  • Senior Fellow, Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS)
  • Co-chair, National Constitution Center's Coalition of Freedom Advisory Board
  • Assistant Professor of Law, George Mason University
  • Associate Counsel to President George H.W. Bush
  • General Counsel, Department of Energy
  • Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Special Assistant, U.S. Department of Justice
Education
  • University of Chicago · J.D.1983
  • Yale University · B.A.1979

Standing

Recognition & press

The Lee Liberman Otis Award for Distinguished Service is named in her honor by the Federalist SocietyFounding Director of the Federalist SocietyThe Federalist Society, as co-founded by her, received the 2009 Bradley Prize

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies Director/Senior Vice President · $30.1M revenue · Washington, DCTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY EXISTS TO PROMOTE THE PRINCIPLES THAT THE STATE EXISTS TO PRESERVE FREEDOM, THE SEPARATION OF POWERS IS CENTRAL TO OUR…pay $388K → $464KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$464Kreported comp
H
Holman Foundation INC Secretary/Trustee · $238K revenue · Princeton, NJFiled FY2024 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$969reported comp
H
Holman Supporting Foundation Secretary/Trustee · $198K revenue · Princeton, NJSUPPORTING ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR A PROGRAM OF A PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARITY.Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

E
Dir./Pres & CEO (thru 1/2025) · FY2024
$754K
D
Director of Practice Groups · FY2024
$411K
P
Director of Student Division · FY2024
$290K
R
Director of Finance · FY2024
$250K
L
VP/Dir,Lawyers Ch(thru 7/2025) · FY2024
$245K
N
VP & Dir, Regul. Transparency · FY2024
$232K
A
VP & Director (thru 3/2025) · FY2024
$230K
J
State Courts, VP/Director · FY2019
$184K
C
VP & Dir. of Human Resource · FY2020
$180K
D
Former Director of Finance · FY2022
$162K
T
Director · FY2024
$60K
J
Director · FY2024
$6K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org