Morris Dees — American Lawyer born on December 16, 1936,
Morris Seligman Dees, Jr. is the co-founder and chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and a former market engineer for book publishing. Along with his law partner, Joseph J. Levin Jr., Dees founded the SPLC in 1971, the start of a legal career dedicated to suing organizations in discrimination cases... (wikipedia)