203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2300 
Chicago, Illinois  60601-1213 
Telephone 312-641-7144 
Facsimile 312 641-5137 

 

 

 

Judge George N. Leighton

 

Telephone
Fax

312-641-7144
312-641-5137
E-mail

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice
Civil Rights and Constitutional Law
Criminal Law

Representative Matters

Represented parents in a proceeding which desegregated the public schools of Harrisburg, Illinois, 1950
Overturned the convictions of men whose constitutional rights were infringed
Represented plaintiffs and defendants in civil cases of every kind
Defended more than 200 charges in bench and jury trials
Handled more than 175 appeals, reviews, civil and criminal charges in state and federal courts

Professional Activities

Judge, United States District, Northern District of Illinois Court, 1976 - 1987
Justice, Illinois Appellate Court, 1969-1976
Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County, 1964-1969
National Association of Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases
Council of the National Harvard Law School Associations
Howard University Alumni Association
Legal Redress Committee
NAACP
Legal Education Committee of the Chicago Bar
American Bar Associations
Chicago Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
Inter-American Bar Association
National Bar Association
Cook County Bar Association

Education

Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1946
Howard University, B.A., 1940

Bar Admissions

Supreme Court of Illinois
State of Massachusetts
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
United States District Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
United States Supreme Court
 



 
 
 

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