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Zad Leavy's Profile
PROFESSIONAL
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Member, California State Bar since 1959. |
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Practicing attorney in Carmel since 1974, focusing on Estate Planning, Real Estate, and Environmental law. Previously in trial practice, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills from 1959-74. |
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Graduate, UCLA School of Law, LL.B. 1958. |
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Graduate, USC Graduate School of Law, taxation and estate planning, LL.M. 1966. |
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Covered the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem in 1961 for the Hearst Wire Service, Los Angeles Examiner, American Bar Journal, California Bar Journal, and various other journals. |
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Represented Deans of Medical Schools and other physicians in two cases before the California Supreme Court in 1969 and 1971 which established "choice" for California women, under the California Constitutional Right of Privacy, and set the stage for the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. |
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Principal Founder, The Big Sur Land Trust,1978; served (and now serving) as its General Counsel from inception, and as Executive Director 1997-2000, and again in
2003. |
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 ZAD LEAVY
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PUBLIC SERVICE
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Monterey County LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) 2002-April 2003. Alternate Commissioner elected to represent Independent Special Districts in Monterey County. |
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Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District Board Member, 1981-April 2003. Elected to represent Carmel, Carmel Valley, Carmel Highlands, Big Sur and Pebble Beach. Served five terms as President in 21 years of service on the Board. |
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California Coastal Commissioner, 1976-81; Central Regional Commission, 1976-81; State Coastal Commission, 1978-81. |
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Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County 1959-61. |
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U.S. Navy minesweeper officer, Korean Conflict. |
PERSONAL
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Married to Laela Leavy since 1960. Resides in Carmel CA. Two grown children who also reside in Carmel. |
Click
here to read about Zad in various press articles.
Click here to see photos involving some of our activities.
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Above: ZAD LEAVY, accepting gift to The Big Sur Land Trust of the Odello East artichoke fields from Clint & Maggie Eastwood in 1998.
Above: Robin and Zad, greeting Leon and Sylvia Panetta on their return from Washington D.C., 1996 |
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