Background
Leader, Leonard was born in 1950 in New York, New York, United States.
Leader, Leonard was born in 1950 in New York, New York, United States.
City College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1970). Fordham Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1973). New York University Graduate School of Law (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1982).
Worked at Wiggin & Dana (New Haven, Connecticut) specializing in Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1974, New York. 1975, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and United States.
District Court, Southern District of New York. 1983, Connecticut.
Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Fordham Urban Law Journal, 1972-1973.
Author: "Excluded Gifts Are Not Necessarily GST-Exempt," Probate & Property, November/December 1991. "Review of Recent Developments in Estate & Gift Taxation," The Tax Lawyer, 1975-1981. Estate Planning Instructor, Westport School of Continuing Education, 1983.
Associate, Parker Chapin Flattau & Klimpl., LLP, New York, NY, 1973-1981. Member, Kleban & Samor, P.C., Southport, Connecticut, 1981-1996. Member: Greater Bridgeport (Member, Probate Section), Connecticut (Member, Estates and Probate Section), New York State (Member, Trusts and Estates Section) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Estate and Gift Taxes Committee, Chairman, Task Force on Charitable Easements, 1982.
Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Committee on Estate Planning and Estate Administration for Business Owners) Bar Associations. (Resident at Stamford).
Member, Fordham Urban Law Journal, 1972-1973.