Senior White House Officials Invite Chicago Fathers’ Rights Lawyer Jeffery Leving to Briefing

CHICAGO - Dec. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- The White House has invited nationally renowned matrimonial attorney Jeffery M. Leving to attend a critical briefing and discussion with Senior White House and Administration Officials at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday, December 5, 2013.   This briefing will analyze the most pressing issues facing the administration with some of the country’s most influential community leaders.

Leving will attend the morning session, which runs from 10:30AM to 12:00PM EST and emphasizes domestic policy priorities.  A passionate advocate for fathers’ rights, Leving also serves as Chairman of the Illinois Council on Responsible Fatherhood (http://www.responsiblefatherhood.illinois.gov/), a state commission that strives for legal reforms which facilitate positive parental involvement.

“The holidays are an important time to come together as a nation to discuss the steps we need to take to ensure parents – especially those single and divorced - have the resources they need to play a positive role in their children’s lives,” explains Leving.

Leving will also be a guest at the President and Mrs. Obama’s annual Hanukkah Reception later that evening.

Obama has praised Mr. Leving’s recently published How to Be a Good Divorced Dad (http://www.amazon.com/How-Good-Divorced-Dad-Break-Up/dp/1...), stating  “Thank for you for your commitment to ensuring that fathers play a role in their children’s lives.  It is a cause that both you and I feel strongly about and I appreciate your leadership.”

About Jeffery M. Leving:     Leving has been named one of “America’s Best Lawyers” by Forbes Radio and is the country's leading authority on fathers' rights. In addition to the highly regarded How to Be a Good Divorced Dad, his influential works include Fathers’ Rights and Divorce Wars. In 2012, President Barack Obama awarded Leving the National Lifetime Call to Service Award.  Leving was also chosen by the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships to provide expert input in the first Town Hall Meeting on Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families in Chicago

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