Henry Liebman

Henry Goodman Liebman (born September 5, 1951) is an American attorney and businessman from Seattle, Washington. Through his company, American Life, Liebman controls a large section of Seattle's industrial SoDo area and has been described as the neighborhood's "900 pound gorilla". Henry Liebman's Noodle Soup, a dish at SoDo's Orient Express restaurant, is named in his honor.

Early life and education Originally from Florida, Henry Liebman moved to Seattle in 1970 to attend the University of Washington, receiving his undergraduate degree in political science from there in 1973.

Career Early career According to Liebman, he early worked as a tax specialist for Touche Ross and Company before moving to practice law at, first, Franklin and Watkins and, then, Franco, Asia, Bensussen. As a partner at Liebman-Mimbu and Coe-Nordwall-Liebman, Liebman added immigration and real estate law to his practice. During this time he also founded Northwest International Bank, and served on its board of directors. In 2007, Knute Berger described Liebman as the "900 pound gorilla" of SoDo. By 2011, Liebman's company had brought in $700 million in foreign real estate investments into Seattle. In 2016 American Life was fined $1 million for using unlicensed advisers to direct aspiring EB-5 applicants into Liebman projects; Liebman himself was fined $240,000. As part of the settlement, neither American Life nor Liebman admitted wrongdoing.

A dish called "Henry Liebman's Noodle Soup" is a menu item at the Seattle Chinese restaurant The Orient Express. Named in tribute to Liebman, it was described by the Seattle Weekly as "the most mysterious dish" on the restaurant's menu.

In 2013, Liebman caught what was believed to be a 200-year-old shortraker rockfish while fishing in Alaska. It was later, however, dated to 64 years of age.