Background
Leon, Richard J. was born on December 3, 1949 in South Natick, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Silvano B. and Rita (O"Rorke) Leon.
Leon, Richard J. was born on December 3, 1949 in South Natick, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Silvano B. and Rita (O"Rorke) Leon.
College of the Holy Cross (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). Suffolk University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974). Harvard University (Master of Laws, 1981).
Order of the Barristers.
Executive Officer, Moot Court Board. Assistant Professor of Law, Saint John"s University Law School, 1979-1983.
Instructor and Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, The Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute, United States. Department of Justice, 1987.
Past President, Suffolk Law School Alumni Association, 1987-1988.
Past President, Suffolk Law School Associations of Metropolitan New York, 1983-1985 and Metropolitan Washington, 1986-1988.
Worked at Baker & Hostetler Limited Liability Partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in White-Collar Criminal Defense, Civil Trial Litigation, Environmental Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Rhode Island. 1976, United States. District Court, District of Rhode Island.
1977, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1986, United States. Supreme Court. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
1991, District of Columbia, United States.
District Court, District of Columbia and United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Order of Barristers. Author: "Environmental Criminal Enforcement: A Mushrooming Cloud," 63 Saint John"s Law Review
679, 1989; Chapter 16, Environmental Criminal Law, "Lawyers" Desk Book on White-Collar Crime," 1991. Assistant Professor of Law, Saint John"s University Law School, 1979-1983.
Instructor and Lecturer, Trial Advocacy, The Attorney General"s Advocacy Institute, United States. Department of Justice, 1987.
Adjunct Professor, Congressional Investigations, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997.
Trustee, Suffolk University, 1990. Past President, Suffolk Law School Alumni Association, 1987-1988. Past President, Suffolk Law School Associations of Metropolitan New York, 1983-1985 and Metropolitan Washington, 1986-1988.
Law Clerk to: Chief Justice McLaughlin and the Justices of Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1974-1975.
Justice Thomas F. Kelleher, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1975-1976. Special Assistant, United States.
Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1977-1978. Senior Trial Attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, United States.
Department of Justice, 1983-1987.
Recipient, Tax Division Outstanding Attorney Award, 1985. Deputy Chief Minority Counsel, United States. House Select Iran-Contra Committee, 1987-1988.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environmental Enforcement, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States.
Department of Justice, 1988-1989. Chief Minority Counsel to Congress.
Hyde and Republican Members of the United States. House Foreign Affairs Committee "October Surprise" Task Force, 1992.
Special Counsel to Congress.
Leach and the Republican Members of the United States. House Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee (Whitewater Hearings), 1994. Special Counsel to the Company-Chairman and Members of the United States.
House Ethics Reform Task Force, 1997.
Commissioner, The President"s Commission on White House Fellowships, 1990-1993. Member, Federal Bar Council, Second Circuit, 1978.
Member, Admissions and Grievance Committee, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1994.
Member: Rhode Island and American (Member, Sections of: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law.
Criminal Justice-White Collar Crime Subcommittee. Taxation) Bar Associations. Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court (Washington, District of Columbia).
Member, Federal Bar Council, Second Circuit, 1978. Member, Admissions and Grievance Committee, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1994.
Member: Rhode Island and American (Member, Sections of: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law.
Criminal Justice-White Collar Crime Subcommittee. Taxation) Bar Associations.
Edward Bennett Williams American Inn of Court (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married M-Christine Costa.