Coleman, Norm, 1949-

<p>U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. Chief Prosecutor and Solicitor General. Senator Norm Coleman was a public servant for three decades before joining us as of counsel in 2011 where he is in our Government Relations and Public Affairs practice group. Working together to get things done has been his motto throughout his career and is certainly how he operates in the collaborative environment at Hogan Lovells. It also applies to how he works with former colleagues on both sides of the political aisle.</p>

<p>Whether it is on Capitol Hill, in corporate boardrooms, or in foreign consulates, Senator Coleman utilizes his relationships and experiences at the highest levels of the political process to help our clients. He has the unique ability to quickly dissect issues and frame solutions to challenges, all with his characteristic warm manner. Senator Coleman is a sought-after champion for clients looking to navigate the complexities of the Washington political and regulatory process.</p>

<p>Senator Coleman's breadth of experience makes him a go-to person throughout the firm. From his service on the prestigious Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and as Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to his work as an urban mayor, to bringing the NHL back to Minnesota, Senator Coleman has a wide variety of skillsets he regularly puts to use for our clients.</p>

<p>Norman Bertram Coleman Jr. (born August 17, 1949) is an American lobbyist, attorney, and politician. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a U.S. Senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First elected as a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Coleman became a Republican in 1996. He lost his 2008 Senate reelection bid to Al Franken by 312 votes out of over three million cast. As of 2021, he is the most recent Republican to have represented Minnesota in the U.S. Senate.</p>

<p>Coleman was born in New York, the son of Norman Bertram Coleman Sr. and his wife, Beverly (Behrman). His family is Jewish, his paternal grandfather having changed the surname from Goldman to Coleman. He was a graduate of James Madison High School in Brooklyn and Hofstra University on Long Island.</p>

<p>At college Coleman was an active member of the 1960s counterculture and a liberal Democrat. "Carting a bullhorn around campus, he'd regularly lecture students about the immorality of the Nixon administration and the Vietnam War." He was elected president of the student senate during his junior year. Under Coleman, the senate refused to ratify the newspaper's editor and her co-editor and cut some funding to the newspaper. But after refusing to swear in the editor on four different occasions, the senate finally backed down. He celebrated his 20th birthday at the Woodstock Festival, and later admitted to smoking marijuana in his youth. He worked as a roadie for Jethro Tull and Ten Years After, among others.</p>

COLEMAN, Norm, a Senator from Minnesota; born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 17, 1949; B.A., Hofstra University; J.D., University of Iowa 1976; attorney; chief prosecutor for Minnesota state attorney general; Minnesota state solicitor general; mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota 1993-1998; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002, and served from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2009; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2008, having failed in his bid to challenge the results of the election.