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State and Federal Criminal Appeals Lawyer

Leonard Trial Lawyers regularly handles Federal and State criminal and civil appeals. This experience includes, among others, briefing and argument before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit; various Districts of the Illinois Appellate Court; the Appellate Court for the State of California; and the Idaho Supreme Court.

Michael Leonard has argued and/or appeared before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the following published cases:

  • United States v. Arroyo, 75 4th 705
  • United States v. Dickey, 52 F.4th 680
  • United States v. Protho, 41 F.4th 812
  • United States v. Johnson, 43 F.4th 771
  • Muskegon Hotels v. Patel, 986 F.3d 692
  • United States v. Barr, 960 F.3d 906
  • Yochim v. Carson, 935 F.3d 586
  • United States v. Moshinet. al., 904 F.3d 580
  • United States v. Alaka, 614 F.3d 368
  • United States v. Betts, 576 F.3d 738
  • Teledyne v. Shekar, 739 Fed.Appx. 347
  • United States v. Sullivan, 765 F.3d 712
  • United States v. White, 582 F.3d 787
  • United States v. Turner, 2015 WL 4272979
  • United States ex. rel. Fowler v. Caremark, 469 F.3d 730
  • Filipovic v. K&R Express, 176 F.3d 390
  • Filipovic v. K&R Express, 91 F.3d 859
  • Geneva Assurance Syndicate v. MESA, 964 F.3d 599

Michael Leonard has argued and/or appeared in the following additional following Federal Appeals:

  • United States v. Paul, 57 Fed.Appx. 597 (6th Cir.)
  • Bradley v. Kemper, 121 Fed.Appx. 468 (3rd Cir.)
  • Leon v. Quintiles Transnational, 390 Fed.Appx. 558 (9th Cir.)

Michael Leonard has argued and/or appeared before the Illinois Appellate Courts in the following published cases:

  • Harvey v. CTA, 2022 IL App (1st) 200973
  • Jackiewicz v. Village of Bolingbrook, 2022 IL App (3d) 180346)
  • Larsen v. Romero, 2921 IL App (1st) 191999
  • JJR v. Turner, 2016 IL App (1st) 143051
  • Zahl v. Krupa, 399 Ill.App.3d 993
  • Mackie v. Vaughan Chapter Paralyzed Veterans, 354 Ill.App.3d 731
  • People v. Davis, 278 Ill.App.3d 532
  • Autotech Controls v. K.J. Electric, 256 Ill.App.3d 721