R.J. Lehmann
Editor-in-Chief and Senior Fellow
R.J. Lehmann serves as editor-in-chief and senior fellow at the International Center for Law & Economics. He leads ICLE’s editorial strategy, manages the center’s publication calendar, and contributes research to the Financial Regulation and Corporate Governance program.
Before joining ICLE, Lehmann was director of finance, insurance, and trade policy at the R Street Institute, which he co-founded. He previously served there as editor-in-chief and as public affairs director. Earlier, he was deputy director of the Center on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate at the Heartland Institute and director of public affairs at the Independent Institute.
Earlier in his career, Lehmann worked as a journalist covering insurance and financial services. He managed the Washington bureau of A.M. Best Co. and later served as a senior industry editor at SNL Financial. He also held editorial roles at Travel Weekly, the Palm Beach Jewish News, Ocean County’s Observer, and the Springfield Leader, and worked as a media-relations specialist at Lockheed Martin IMS.
Lehmann has received multiple professional honors. He is a three-time winner of awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and was the youngest-ever recipient of a first-place prize from the New Jersey Press Association.
He attended Syracuse University, where he studied journalism and public policy.
