The cases that made Nat Lewin — and the causes he made possible

The cases that made Nat Lewin — and the causes he made possible

Nat Lewin is one of the giants of the American legal profession: 28 oral arguments in front of the Supreme Court, the prosecution of union leader and alleged mob boss Jimmy Hoffa, responsible for the drafting of a historic amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a stint as a contributing editor at The New Republic. But even Lewin did not win every case. One case that he lost concerned one of the most famous defendants of all time: Moses. Yes,…