Arthur W. Leibold, Jr.

Born:  
  June 13, 1931; Ottawa, Illinois
Parents:  Arthur and Helen Cull Leibold
Formal Education:  
 
  1. Ottawa Township High School (1945-1949);
  2. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania (1949-1953),
  3. A.B. English, Phi Beta Kappa (1952);
  4. awarded scholarships by Harvard, Yale, Columbia and University of Pennsylvania Law Schools;
  5. J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School (1953-1956);
  6. Owen J. Roberts Scholar;
  7. Order of the Coif; Article Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Law Practice:  
 
  1. Associate, Dechert, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1956-1965); Partner (1965-1969);
  2. Washington Office (1972-1997; Counsel, 1998-Present). Litigation, 1958-1969;
  3. Business Law, 1972-1992; Litigation, 1992-Present.
 
  1. Litigation Practice: Representation of life, health, and accident insurers; railroads; product
  2. liability insurers; architects and engineers in professional liability matters; commercial litigation;
  3. savings and loan association litigation.
 
  1. Business Practice: Representation of savings and loan associations; savings and loan holding
  2. Business Practice: Representation of savings and loan associations; savings and loan holding
  3. officers and directors of and legal counsel for savings and loan associations.
Government Services:  
 
  1. General Counsel: Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation (1969-1972);
  2. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (1970-1972); enlisted in Army Judge Advocate General Program in 1957, but declared 4-F because of college track injury.
Bar Associates:  
 
  1. American, Federal, International, Philadelphia, and D.C.;
  2. Chairman of Savings and Loan Committees of American (Business Law Section);
  3. Federal and International (Section of Business Law);
  4. Treasurer of American Bar Association, American Bar Foundation, American Bar Retirement Association (1979-1983);
  5. Board of Directors, American Bar Endowment (1984-1997), Emeritus Director (1997-Present), President (1995-1997);
  6. Member, Board of Directors, ABI (1999-Present);
  7. Trustee, A-E-F-C Pension Plan (1979-1994);
  8. Chairman, ABA Housing & Urban Development Law Committee (1983-1987);
  9. ABA Fund for Justice & Education Resource Committee (1983-1992);
  10. Chairman, ABA Audit Committee (1992-1994; member, 1988-1992);
  11. ABA Board of Governors (1977-1983);
  12. ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (1994-1997);
  13. ABA House of Delegates (1967-1969; 1977-1988): Member, Board of Directors, American Bar Foundation (1995-1997).
Other Activities:  
 
  1. Member, Committee of 70 (Philadelphia) (1964-1974);
  2. Board of Directors, Marymount College, Arlington, Virginia (1973-1975);
  3. Member, Administrative Conference of the United States (1969-1972);
  4. former President, Haverford Society of Washington, D.C.;
  5. former member, Board of Visitors, University of Pennsylvania Law School;
  6. Charter Member, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (1963);
  7. Teacher, St. Joseph's University Evening Division (1957-1959);
  8. Listed in "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in American Law".
Family:  
 
  1. Wife, Nora Collins Leibold, Retired Speech Writer (1996) for Senator J. Bennett Johnston (D. La.);
  2. Children:
    Arthur III-employed by AGIP in Houston, Texas;
    Alison Aubry Sturdevant-teacher living in Houston, Texas;
    Peter-currently CEO, American Health Lawyers Association, Washington, D.C.

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