Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Willie Leftwich
Willie Leftwich
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| Other authors / contributors: | Leftwich, Willie, 1937- interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 March 14.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Aerospace engineer and lawyer Willie L. Leftwich was born on June 28, 1937 in Washington, D.C. to Maude Leftwich, a government employee, and Willie L. Leftwich, a railroad worker. He earned an electrical engineering degree from Howard University and his J.D. and LL.D law degrees from George Washington University. Leftwich worked as an engineer on government aerospace projects for NASA before beginning his legal career in 1968 as a patent attorney for the Federal Aviation Administration. He spent a year as vice president and general counsel of Technical Media Systems. He became a founding partner of the commercial law firm Hudson Leftwich & Davenport in 1970. From 1971 to 1973 he taught at Washington-area law schools. In 1985, he was founding partner of Leftwich & Douglas where he worked until retiring in December 1996. Leftwich became a private investor and was a life member of the NAACP and the American Bar Association.
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