Paul M. Levy

levy@dlec.com

Professional Bio
Paul Levy is a founder of the firm and is now of counsel. As a litigator, Mr. Levy concentrates his practice in the areas of libel, commercial speech, intellectual property and commercial litigation. He has also lectured and published extensively regarding libel, defamation and privacy issues.

On behalf of the outdoor advertising industry, Mr. Levy and partners Phillip Zisook and Brian Saucier successfully challenged the constitutionality of a City of Chicago Ordinance restricting commercial speech. He was also successful in establishing a precedent in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals against the National Basketball Association, where the court held that sports statistics were not the property of the NBA but in the public domain and outside the scope of copyright protection.

On behalf of the firm's publishing clients, Mr. Levy has successfully defended defamation actions brought by Frank Sinatra, Judith Exner, Heather Thomas and other celebrities. He has also successfully pursued defamation actions on behalf of Johnny Carson and Keith Van Horne.

Admissions

• Illinois
• United States District Court, N.D. Illinois
• United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Associations

• American Bar Association
• ABA - Litigation, Corporation, Banking and Business Law sections
• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• John Marshall Law School, Assistant Professor, Torts and Damages, 1966-1972
• The Florida Bar