Candid forthright graphic at times a bit outrageous, whatever else may be said of Mr. Bess: "His place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt, "Man in the Arena" "Leon is the kid from the rough neighborhoods of Detroit who on his sheer smarts and gumption became extremely successful and never grew a big head." Gary Fry, former law partner at EK&J, "When Leon comes down to Cochise County, he doesn't act like those other Phoenix lawyers." Wallace Riley, former Cochise County Superior Court Judge "When they made Leon, they definitely threw away the mold." David Wm. West, former law partner at EK&J,