CHICAGO, IL, March 3, 2010 – Two of the nation’s prominent trial lawyers joined forces after the Decalogue Society of Lawyers Award Dinner hosted at the Union League Club Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Jeffery M. Leving, nationally recognized attorney and father’s rights advocate, along with Morris Dees, best known for his successful fight against the Ku Klux Klan had a private meeting after the ceremony. Leving, author of “Fathers’ Rights”, and Dees, author of “A Lawyer’s Journey: The Morris Dees Story”, exchanged books and personal stories after the event.
Emceed by Chicago Sun-Times’ columnist Mary Mitchell, Mr. Dees received several standing ovations while addressing the prestigious audience. A made-for-television movie about Mr. Dees aired on NBC. “Line of Fire” describes his successful fight against the Ku Klux Klan.
About Jeffery M. Leving
Jeffery M. Leving is a nationally renowned attorney and fathers’ rights advocate. He is the author of “Fathers’ Rights” and “Divorce Wars” and the founder of dadsrights.com. Mr. Leving is the Governor appointed Chairman of the Illinois Council on Responsible Fatherhood. Known for advocating strong family bonds, Chicago divorce attorney Jeffery Leving and his firm have reunited fathers and children since 1981. He helped reunite Elian Gonzalez with his father in Cuba, winning international support. On August 5, 2009, Leving was selected as an expert resource for the first White House Roundtable & Town Hall Meeting on Responsible Fatherhood.
About Morris Dees
Morris Dees formed the Southern Poverty Law Center along with Julian Bond and Joseph Levin. In 1980, the Center founded the Intelligence Project in response to a resurgence in organized racist activity. The project monitors hate groups and develops legal strategies for protecting citizens from violence-prone groups. Dees’ victories against hate groups include a $6 million judgment that bankrupted the Aryan Nations, a $12.5 million jury verdict against the California-based White Aryan Resistance for the death of a black student and a $26 million verdict against the Carolina Klan for burning black churches.
