Background
Lewis, Leon Patteson was born on November 21, 1878 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Adrian Castello and Eliza Duncan (Platt) Lewis.
Dean School of Law University of Louisville
Lewis, Leon Patteson was born on November 21, 1878 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Adrian Castello and Eliza Duncan (Platt) Lewis.
Louisville Male High School, 1895. University of Chicago, Bachelor of Philosophy, 1902. University Chicago Law School, Doctor of Jurisprudence, 1905.
Instructor, Stanford Law School, 1905-1907. Professor School of Law, University of Louisville, since 1908, dean of School of Law, 1925-1930. Assistant in city atty’s. office, 1908-1913.
Member firm Blakey, Quin & Lewis, 1912-1918, Blakey, Davis & Lewis, since 1919. President Prestonia Bank. Oknlona State Bank, Inland Waterways Company.
Director American Barge Line Company, First State Bank, Irvington, Kentucky.
Member, Kentucky. House of Representative, 1922, re-elected 1924, 1926, and 1928. Instructor in Law, Leland Stanford School of Law, 1905-1907. Prof, of Law, School of Law., University, Louisville, since 1908.
Dean, School of Law, University, Louisville, 1925-1930. (Resigned effective, July 1, 1930.) Member: Louisville, Kentucky., American Bar Associations. Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi.
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Pendennis and Arts (Louisville), Phi Gamma Delta (New York).
Spouse Laura Breckinridge McClintock, March 18, 1926, Lexington, Kentucky.