Background
Copeley, Leto was born on June 27, 1954 in New York, New York, United States.
Copeley, Leto was born on June 27, 1954 in New York, New York, United States.
Hunter College of the City University of New York (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1980). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1983).
Worked at Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence, Limited liability partnership (Raleigh, North Carolina) specializing in Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Employment, Labor, Workers Compensation, Constitutional, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, Environmental Law. Civil Trials and Appellate Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1984, North Carolina.
Law Clerk, Honorable James B. McMillan, United States. District Court, Western District of North Carolina, 1983-1984.
Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Member, Litigation Section. Workers" Compensation Section.
Labor and Employment Law Section Council, 1995) and American Bar Associations.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys (Vice President, 1997). National Employment Lawyers Association.
Patterson, Harkavy & Lawrence was formed in 1991 by lawyers who had practiced together for many years at the predecessor firm Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James, Harkavy & Lawrence, of Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina.
The firm maintains offices in both cities. The firm is dedicated to providing high quality, energetic advocacy in a few specialized areas of practice: labor and employment, civil rights, environmental, toxic tort, personal injury and workers" compensation.
The firm has extensive experience in complex litigation, class actions, trial and appellate practice, and advocacy before a variety of administrative bodies and the North Carolina General Assembly. Members of the firm regularly provide mediation and arbitration services, teach at law schools, universities and professional education seminars and are active in bar and public interest organizations.
The firm frequently litigates in affiliation with the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, environmental organizations, and local and international unions.
Member: Wake County, North Carolina (Member, Litigation Section. Workers" Compensation Section. Labor and Employment Law Section Council, 1995) and American Bar Associations.
North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers.
North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys (Vice President, 1997). National Employment Lawyers Association.