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Judge
George N. Leighton
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Telephone
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312-641-7144
312-641-5137 |
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Practice
Areas
Representative Matters
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Represented parents in a proceeding
which desegregated the public schools of Harrisburg,
Illinois, 1950 |
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Overturned the convictions of men whose constitutional rights were
infringed |
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Represented plaintiffs and defendants in civil cases of every kind |
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Defended more than 200 charges in bench and jury trials |
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Handled more than 175 appeals, reviews, civil and criminal charges
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state and federal courts |
Professional
Activities
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Judge, United States District, Northern District
of Illinois Court, 1976 - 1987 |
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Justice, Illinois Appellate Court, 1969-1976 |
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Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1964-1969 |
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National Association of Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases |
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Council of the National Harvard Law School
Associations |
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Howard University Alumni Association |
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Legal Redress Committee |
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NAACP |
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Legal Education Committee of the Chicago Bar |
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American Bar Associations |
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Chicago Bar Association |
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Massachusetts Bar Association |
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Illinois State Bar Association |
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Inter-American Bar Association |
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National Bar Association |
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Cook County Bar Association |
Education
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Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1946
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Howard University, B.A., 1940 |
Bar Admissions
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Supreme Court of Illinois |
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State of Massachusetts |
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United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois |
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United States District Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
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United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama |
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United States Supreme Court |
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