Burton Joseph

Burton Allen Joseph (May 30, 1930 – March 31, 2010) was an American civil rights attorney. He represented clients in free speech cases, and represented the American Library Association in its suit that ultimately found the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional. He pushed the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois to represent the National Socialist Party of America, an offshoot of the American Nazi Party, in its desire to march in Skokie, Illinois. In addition to his legal work, he was the executive director of the Playboy Foundation, the charitable arm of Playboy Enterprises, for nine years. He was an adjunct professor at the Chicago–Kent College of Law for ten years.