Background
Leva, Marx was born on April 4, 1915 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of Leo and Fannie Rose (Gusdorf) Leva.
Leva, Marx was born on April 4, 1915 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of Leo and Fannie Rose (Gusdorf) Leva.
Bachelor of Science, University Alabama, 1937; Doctor of Laws, University Alabama, 1978; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1940.
Law clerk to, Justice Hugo Black, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1940; senior attorney, O.P.A., 1941; acting regional attorney for Michigan and Ohio, War Production Board, 1942; counsel to fiscal director of Navy, 1946; special assistant to secretary of navy, 1947; special assistant and general counsel to, Secretary Defense, 1947-1949; assistant sec of defense (legal and legislation), 1949-1951; partner, Fowler, Leva, Hawes & Symington, 1951-1967; partner, Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin & Oppenheimer, 1967-1985; partner, Leva, Hawes, Mason & Martin, 1985-1990; of counsel, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, 1990-1993. Chairman civilian-military review panel for special committee United States Senate, 1957. Member President's Commission to Review Foreign Aid, 1958-1959, President's Committee on Defense Establishment, 1960-1961.
Served with amphibious forces United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1944, European Theatre of Operations.
Married Shirley Pearlman, October 31, 1942. Children: Leo Marx, Lloyd Leva Plaine.