Background
Gross, Leonard Edward was born on December 15, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Marvin and Helen Janis (Rosen) Gross.
Gross, Leonard Edward was born on December 15, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Marvin and Helen Janis (Rosen) Gross.
Bachelor, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1973; Juris Doctor magna cum laude, Boston University, 1976; postgraduate, New York University, 1976-1977; postgraduate, Boston University.
Law clerk to judge, Massachusetts Appeals Court, Boston, 1976-1977;
associate, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, 1977-1983;
assistant professor, Southern Illinois U. School Law, Carbondale, 1983-1987;
associate professor, Southern Illinois U. School Law, Carbondale, 1987-1993;
professor, Southern Illinois U. School Law, Carbondale, since 1993. Expert witness on legal ethics to law firms, Chicago, Springfield, since 1989. Judicial ethics reporter Illinois Judicial Conference, Chicago, 1988, Illinois Association Judges Conference, Chicago, 1988.
Reporter Illinois Judicial Conference, Chicago, 1992.
Secretary-treasurer Helen Gross Foundation, Inc., Gloversville, New York, 1983-1989. Member Carbondale Board Housing Appeals, since 1988, Carbondale Board Education, since 1991, Carbondale District 95 Board of Education, since 1991. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Jackson County Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta (faculty advisor since 1988).
Married Robin Mae Bromberg, January 6, 1980. Children: Lee, Robert, Michael.