Joseph I. Lieberman was Senior Counsel at the law firm of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres LLP in New York and served for 24 years as a member of the U.S. Senate from Connecticut. At the end of his service in January 2013, he was Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee.

Through both Committee positions, he became a leader in protecting the security of the American people and supporting American international leadership. Senator Lieberman was known as a national leader who worked across party lines to get things done and who spoke his conscience regardless of the political consequences.

Before his election to the Senate in 1988, Senator Lieberman served 10 years in the Connecticut State Senate and 6 years as Connecticut's Attorney General. In 2000, he was the Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States.
Senator Lieberman also served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including the McCain Institute. Senator Lieberman was married to Hadassah Freilich Lieberman.

Together, they had four children and 13 grandchildren.