Year: 2023

Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer Michael Leonard appears on WGN Radio Saturday March 26, 2023. Michael Leonard appears with Jon Hansen of WGN/s "Let's Get Legal." Mike discusses Grand Jury issues, federal criminal trial issues, and the status of the various...

Top Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard discusses the ComEd 4 Trial on WGN Radio on Saturday March 18, 2023. The link is below to have a listen. Mike appeared on "Let's Get Legal" with host Jon Hansen....

Top Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer Michael Leonard files Motion to Dismiss one of the Counts in the Heather Mack federal criminal prosecution. As has been widely reported, Ms. Mack, after already serving a substantial sentence in Bali arising of the death of her...

Federal criminal defense lawyer Michael Leonard discusses the revised DOJ "Corporate Enforcment Policy" which was recently released by the United States Department of Justice's Criminal Division. This Policy was previously called the "FCPA Corporate Enforcement...

Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard appears on the "One Minute Remaining Podcast" to discuss the "Alaskan Avenger" case. The "One Minute Remaining" podcast has quickly risen to become one of the top true crime podcasts. The podcast is hosted by Jack Laurence. It differs...

Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard discusses sentencing in the "Sweetie Pie's" case of Tim Norman on St. Louis television news. The link is below. This was an unfortunate sentencing situation where the Judge, Federal District Court Judge John Ross, had no discretion in...

Top Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard appears on WGN Radio on Saturday February 11, 2023. Mike Leonard appeared on "Let's Get Legal" on WGN radio hosted by Jon Hansen. Mike and Jon discuss a recent bench trial that Mike took to verdict in the Circuit Court of Cook...

As a top Chicago criminal lawyer, I have been asked to comment on the new Department of Justice Memo regarding charging federal criminal defendants in federal drug cases. This is certainly great news for federal criminal defense lawyers and their clients. Of course,...

Top Federal Lawyer Michael Leonard Appears On "The One Minute Remaining" podcast. Host Jack Laurence has been examining the Michigan State Court criminal case of Anthony Duke. Mr. Duke was convicted of murder. However, as Mr. Laurence's podcast reveals, there are...

Federal Defense Attorney continues analysis of the cross-examination of the Government witnesses in Medicare fraud and Anti-Kickback not guilty jury verdict. As noted in prior blogs, I tried this case to a complete not guilty jury verdict on all Counts in the Northern...