Feb. 16 – Chicago Sun-Times
Judge Timothy C. Evans (JD ’69) quoted in article about Judge George Leighton
“Judge Leighton has been a lawyer for 64, 65 years. He is an icon in the justice and civil rights community,” Evans said, noting that Leighton often traveled to Mississippi to represent civil rights leaders in legal cases. “I’m not at all surprised he would be recognized in that way.”
Evans said he has long considered Leighton, one of his instructors at the John Marshall Law School, a mentor and called him “my star in the judicial constellation.”
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