Career
From 1919 until his death he worked as a lawyer in Zagreb. In 1928, Politeo was arrested by the Royal Yugoslav government at the founding of the Croatian Bar Association and was subsequently elected its first president Politeo"s files from the Stepinac case are preserved in the Croatian State Archives.
In 1954 he prepared the Codex of Professional Ethics of Lawyers for the International Lawyers Union.
The Croatian Bar Association awards the Doctor Ivo Politeo Award.