Solaman G. Lippman is a retired Member of the Firm except when he is called to consult on questions of law and strategy.

Mr. Lippman founded Lippman, Semsker & Salb in 1972. After graduating from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an Associate Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review, Mr. Lippman became one of the first attorney-appointees at the newly-formed National Labor Relations Board. After serving the NLRB, Mr. Lippman became General Counsel to the Retail Clerks International Association, where he served for twenty-seven years. When he retired, the Retail Clerks Union (which later merged with other unions to become the United Food and Commercial Workers Union) had hundreds of thousands of members. Mr. Lippman served as General Counsel to the National Organization for Women (NOW) from 1981-1984 and General Counsel to the Associated Fur Manufactures and United Fur Manufacturers from 1978-1984. He was General Counsel to the House Education and Labor Committee, Pension (ERISA) Legislation and Amendments from 1974 until 1976.

Bar Admissions:
Illinois (1937), District of Columbia (1957), United States Supreme Court, United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits.

Education:
University of Chicago (B.A., 1933; J.D., 1936). Associate Editor, University of Chicago Law Review.

Bar Memberships:
District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Section, and former Chairman and Committee Member, Subcommittee on Practice and Procedures before the National Labor Relations Board).