Louis Lowenstein (lawyer)
Louis Lowenstein was an American attorney. He was a founding partner of Kramer Levin now one of New York City's corporate law firms; president of Supermarkets General, a supermarket conglomerate whose operating subsidiary was known as Pathmark; professor at Columbia University School of Law; and a leading critic of the U.S. financial industry.
He graduated with a B.S.from Columbia Business School in 1947, and a LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1953.
He was the author of several books, including:
He also coedited and contributed to Knights, Raiders, and Targets: The Impact of the Hostile Takeover, published by Oxford University Press in 1988.
His son, Roger Lowenstein, is a financial journalist.
