Arthur Loevy
Partner
- 312-243-5900
- arthur@loevy.com
Biography
Arthur Loevy graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1963, and has been a member of the Illinois bar continuously for more than forty years. He began his legal career practicing labor law until 1970 when he became an elected officer of a trade union, the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (“ACTWU”). Arthur proceeded to serve in various elected capacities for trade unions, including International Executive Vice President of ACTWU, International Secretary-Treasurer of ACTWU, and, most recently International Secretary-Treasurer of the Union of Needle-Trades Industrial and Textile Employees (U.N.I.T.E.).
Arthur Loevy has also served as a Director and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Bank of New York (1990-98), the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Trustee of various Taft-Hartley insurance and trust funds for almost twenty years, the President of the Amalgamated Housing Foundation (1974-98), and the President of the Sidney Hillman Health Center in Chicago (1980-98).
Since January 1, 1997, Arthur Loevy has resumed the practice of law on a full-time basis. In 1998, he joined the law firm started by his son, Jon Loevy, and has practiced here ever since.
Bar Admissions
- Illinois
Education + Honors
The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• J.D. – 1963
Clerkships & Past Employment
• The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (“ACTWU”)
• International Executive of ACTWU, Vice President
• International Secretary-Treasurer of ACTWU
• International Secretary-Treasurer of the Union of Needle-Trades Industrial and Textile Employees
• Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Bank of New York, 1990 – 1998, Director and Vice Chairman
• Amalgamated Housing Foundation, 1974 – 1998, President
• Sidney Hillman Health Center, 1980 – 1998, President
Other Qualifications
• “Spirit of Life”, City of Hope
• Man of the Year Award, Illinois Council of Latin American Advancement
• Man of the Year Award, A. Philip Randolph Institute of both the Chicago and Detroit chapters
• Recipient, Norman Thomas Award
• Annual Dinner Honoree of the Debs Day Foundation
• “National Humanitarian Award”
• Histradrut Man of the Year Award
Our Impact
Loevy + Loevy has won more multi-million dollar verdicts than perhaps any other law firm in the country over the past decade. Our willingness to take hard cases to trial, and win them, has yielded a nationally recognized reputation for success in the courtroom.
Read the latest public reporting and press releases about Loevy + Loevy’s clients, our public interest litigation, and our civil rights impact.
We take on the nation’s most difficult public interest cases, advocating in and outside the courtroom to secure justice for our clients and to hold officials, governments, and corporations accountable.
