George N. Leighton
Justice Harrison, Academy Laureates to be honored
Access to Justice luncheon
scheduled Feb. 1 in Chicago
Excerpts from the ISBA
Bar News
Volume
41, No. 10 December
15, 2000
By Stephen Anderson
Chief Justice Moses W. Harrison II of the
Illinois Supreme Court will be honored in February by the Illinois State Bar Association
during a luncheon at which 12 Laureates of the Academy of Illinois Lawyers will
be inducted.
Cook County Laureates are James J. Ahern of
Skokie, Eugene Crane, Harold A. Katz, George N. Leighton, Francis X. Riley,
Jerold S. Solovy and Willis R. Tribler of Chicago. The late Thomas J. Foran of
Chicago will be inducted posthumously.
Former federal and Cook
County circuit judge George Leighton, born 88 years ago to immigrants from the
Cape Verde Islands, was nominated by Academy Laureate Martha A. Mills as a
champion of civil and constitutional rights and opponent of capital punishment.
He is of counsel to Earl L. Neal & Associates.
A past president of the Chicago branch of
the NAACP and chair of its Legal Redress Committee, Leighton has received awards
from the American Civil Liberties Union, the John Howard Association and Cook
County Bar Association, and has two honorary doctorates. He is a past chair of
the ISBA Bill of Rights Committee.
George N. Leighton
Quotes:
United States District
Judge George Leighton has stated:
“[T]he loss of life means more than being deprived of the right to
exist, or of the ability to earn a living; it includes deprivation of the
pleasures of life.” Sherrod v.
Berry, 629 F. Supp. 159 (N.D. Ill. 1985). aff’d, 827 F.2d 195 (7th
Cir. 1987), vacated and remanded, 835 F.2d 1222 (7th Cir.
1988).
Publications:
From: Fall Volume 1966:3, Illinois Criminal
Procedure II
Publication: Post-Conviction Remedies in Illinois
Criminal Procedure—George N. Leighton
Presentations and Awards:
From the Chicago Bar Association’s CBA Report
Monday,
September 11, 2000
THE CHICAGO BAR ASSOCIATION
INAUGURATES PRESTIGIOUS U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS AWARD
Distinguished
Recipients to be Honored at September 13 Gala Dinner
At the urging of Justice Stevens' former law clerks, The Chicago Bar
Association (CBA) and Chicago Bar Foundation (CBF) have established an Award in
honor of Justice John Paul Stevens. The Justice John Paul Stevens Award will be
given annually to a Chicago-area attorney whose career has exemplified the
highest standards of the legal profession. For the inaugural awards, the
selection committee, co-chaired by CBA President William J. Linklater and CBF
President Leonard J. Schrager, has selected eight outstanding Chicago attorneys
to be the first recipients of this distinguished award.
The
eight honorees are:
Jean Allard
Hon. William J. Bauer
Philip H. Corboy
Milton H. Gray
Hon. George Leighton
Dawn Clark Netsch
Jerold S. Solovy
Thomas P. Sullivan