Cynthia C. Lebow

06/15/1949 - 05/07/2025

Cynthia C. Lebow passed away in Maryland on May 7 at the age of 75 after a long illness. Cindy had a distinguished career in law and public policy in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. A graduate of UCLA and UCLA Law School, she came to Washington after her husband Allan died in a 1978 plane crash. Cindy served as counsel of Senate Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd and then General Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee when it was chaired by Joe Biden. She was a political appointee at the Justice Department during the Clinton administration and later a scholar at the Rand Institute. After moving back to Los Angeles, Cindy started her own law practice and returned to UCLA to teach constitutional law in the political science department for twelve years, where she inspired hundreds of students with her insights into the Constitution and her love of public service. In 2013, along with the parents of her late husband, Cindy spearheaded the creation of the Allan C. Lebow Supreme Court Annual Review at UCLA Law School.