{"id":60651,"date":"2021-04-11T04:44:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T10:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=60651"},"modified":"2021-04-15T09:59:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:59:37","slug":"brilliant-attorney-aj-levy-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/brilliant-attorney-aj-levy-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant attorney AJ Levy passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ADOLPH JULES \u201cAJ\u201d LEVY, JR. passed peacefully away on Friday, April 2, 2021 at the age of 85 after a several months\u2019 struggle with non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_60652\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LevyAdolphPhoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60652\" class=\"wp-image-60652 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LevyAdolphPhoto-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 150px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 150\/150;\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60652\" class=\"wp-image-60652 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/LevyAdolphPhoto-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-60652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ADOLPH JULES &#8216;AJ&#8217; LEVY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Levy grew up in Uptown New Orleans, graduating from Isidore Newman School in 1953. He graduated from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1957 and was a graduate of the Tulane School of Law in 1960.<\/p>\n<p>Levy was considered a \u201clawyer\u2019s lawyer.\u201d After a few years with Deutsch, Kerrigan and Styles he formed his own firm, Levy, Smith and Pailet, which later became Levy, Smith and Gennusa. He was the driving force in the U.S. Supreme Court case, <em>Levy v. State of Louisiana<\/em> in 1968. That win overturned an unconstitutional Louisiana law that denied illegitimate children their right to sue for wrongful death of a parent.<\/p>\n<p>Poignantly depicted in the film \u201cOn the Basis of Sex,\u201d Ruth Bader Ginsberg used <em>Levy v. State of Louisiana<\/em> in her argument before the Tenth Circuit as the basis to strike down other unconstitutional laws against women.<\/p>\n<p>Levy\u2019s concern for disenfranchised citizens was boundless. His expertise with both the American Trial Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union was incalculable. Levy served on the boards of numerous law associations. An article in April of 1973 in the Detroit News cited Ralph Nader and Adolph J. Levy as two young lawyers who were supporting the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>A brilliant courtroom litigator, Levy\u2019s legendary cross-examinations were lengthy and relentless. Levy was an early advocate for computers in legal research and traveled across the country teaching law firms how to utilize computers for trial preparation. He was the author of \u201cSolving Statute of Limitation Problems,\u201d which established him as the premier expert on prescription.<\/p>\n<p>He is listed in \u201cWho\u2019s Who in American Law\u201d and his self-published \u201cLevy\u2019s Cites\u201d newsletter was a source of documentation that kept lawyers up to date on recent decisions. It was intimated that judges often sat on the bench with a copy of \u201cLevy\u2019s Cites\u201d on their laps while hearing a case.<\/p>\n<p>In his most recent years, he worked to finish his third legal volume \u201cCreative Legal Problem Solving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A man of great wit, Levy will be remembered by numerous cousins and friends. He was a member of Temple Sinai, the Temple Sinai Brotherhood and belonged to numerous law associations and computer groups.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Carolyn Wilenzick Levy, his daughter Elizabeth Ann \u201cBeth\u201d Levy Kleinveld (Ronald), and two grandchildren all of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Contributions in his honor are not solicited. Instead, it is asked to raise a glass (he loved Tanqueray martinis) to honor this man of honor.<\/p>\n<p>No service was held. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral home of Metairie was in charge of arrangements. 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