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‘ , ‘ ‘ . “¥: <FD-204*fRev. 3-3-59) @ ; ®@ , . > «- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION te - Copy to: Repos gal sd Office: | PHOENIX ee Date: Field Off Title: MARCH 23, 1979 pie ice File #: 17- 5250 Bureau File #: ABNER J. MIKVA Characte: DEPARTMENTAL APPLICANT Synopsis: JUDGE, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Applicant's previous law partners highly recommend him. - RUC - DETAILS: EMPLOYMENT On March 22, 1979, RICHARD LEVIN, former partner, D'Ancona, Pflaum, Wyatt and Riskind, Attorneys at Law, 30 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois. was interviewed regardin the applicant, ABNER J. MIKVA, at b6 Avizona, at which time he furnished the following information: b7C He first met the applicant. when he interviewed him for. employment in his law firm shortly following applicant's graduation from the University of Chicago, College of Law, in 1950 or 1951; he advised that he was desirous of obtaining the applicant's | services at that time but the applicant accepted another position. He came to know the applicant well when he became a partner in his law firm in January of 1973; the applicant remained with the firm through December 1974 at which time he returned to the United States Congress as a member of the House of Representatives. He described the applicant as an extremely capable person who possesses a very keen mind. He mentions that the applicant has continually displayed abilities which are far superior to the average successful attorney; in law school the applicant was the top man in his graduating class. In addition, This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents iN are not to be distributed outside your agency. U.S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 11970 © » 4069840