Law Practice
Dec. 27, 2018
Greenberg Traurig lawyer remembers his career defending civil rights
Gene G. Livingston, who is retiring after half a century in law, recalls the legal battles of his youth as a U.S. Department of Justice lawyer in 1960s Mississippi.
Gene G. Livingston Jr., a former U.S. Department of Justice civil rights attorney, poses with a photo of a church burned down by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1960s and a poster of the 1987 "napkin deal."
SACRAMENTO -- Gene G. Livingston Jr. joined the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice straight out of law school in 1965 because he wanted to get early trial experience.
Within months, he helped sue the Ku Klux Klan in Mississippi.
As the year ends, Livingston is retiring after half a century in the law. Earlier this month, he was packing boxes in the Sacramento offices of Gree...
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