Excerpt from Martindale-Hubbell circa 1974:

Zad Leavy, born Los Angeles, California, June 16, 1930; admitted to bar, 1959, California; 1966, U.S. Supreme Court. Preparatory education, University of California at Los Angeles (B.S., 1952); legal education, University of California at Los Angeles (LL.B., 1958) and University of Southern California (LL.M., 1965). Fraternity: Nu Beta Epsilon (President, U.C.L.A. Chapter, 1957-58). Member, Moot Court. Author: "Criminal Abortion: Facing the Facts," 34 Los Angeles Bar Bulletin 3454, 1959; "Eichmann: Murder Trial without Precedent," 36 Los Angeles Bar Bulletin 113, 1961; "The Eichmann Trial: Report from Jerusalem," 37 California Bar Journal 234, 1962; "The Eichmann Trial and the Role of Law," 49 American Bar Association Journal 820, 1962; "Criminal Abortion: Human Hardships and Unyielding Laws," 35 Southern California Law Review 123, 1962; "Psychiatry and Criminal Law; The Lawyer’s Role," 39 Los Angeles Bar Bulletin 113, 1964; "The Poisonous Pen: Protection from Groups and Class Defamation by Extremists," 40 Los Angeles Bar Bulletin 23, 1964; "Criminal Abortion: A Failure of Law," 50 American Bar Association Journal 52, 1964; "Real Estate Developers’ Liability," 41 California State Bar Journal 318, 1966; "Protection from Group and Class Defamation by Extremists," VI P.E.A.L., 416, 1966; "Abortion and the Population Crisis; Therapeutic Abortion and the Law; Some New Approaches," 27 Ohio State Law Review 647 1966; "California’s New Therapeutic Abortion Act: An Analysis and Guide to Medical and Legal Procedure," 15 U.C.L.A. Law Review I, 1967; "The Therapeutic Abortion Act of 1967; A Practical Approach for District Attorneys and Private Counsel, " 43 Los Angeles Bar Bulletin III, 1967; "Current Developments in the Law of Abortion," 45 Los Angeles Bar Bulletin II, 1969. Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County, 1959-1962. Los Angeles Bar Delegate to State Bar Conference of Delegates, 1965-. Member: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of California [With U.S. Navy, 1952-1954; Lieut., U.S. Naval Reserve, 1955-1963]

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