Richard J. Leon

Judicial Service

Education

• College of the Holy Cross, A.B., 1971
• Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1974
• Harvard Law School, LL.M., 1981

Professional Career

Law clerk, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1974-1975; Law clerk, Hon. Thomas F. Kelleher, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1975-1976; Attorney, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Department of Justice Honors Program, 1976-1977; Special assistant U.S. attorney, Civil Division, Southern District of New York, 1977-1978; Assistant professor of law, St. John's University School of Law, 1979-1983; Senior trial attorney, Criminal Section, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1987; Deputy chief minority counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, 1987-1988; Deputy assistant attorney general, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1988-1989; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1989-2002; Commissioner, White House Fellows Commission, 1990-1993; Chief minority counsel, October Surprise Task Force, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, 1992-1993; Special counsel, Whitewater investigation, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, 1994; Adjunct professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1997-; Special counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Reform Task Force, 1997; Commissioner, Judicial Review Commission on Foreign Asset Control, 2000-2001; Adjunct professor, George Washington University Law School, 2004-

External Links

• Federal Judicial Center Biography