J. Rich Leonard
J. Rich Leonard was a Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina. He resigned from the court on July 14, 2013.[1]
Education and early life
Judge Leonard was born in Welcome, North Carolina. In 1971 Leonard earned a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. Leonard later earned his master's degree in education from UNC in 1972, and then earned a law degree from Yale University Law School in 1976.[2][3]
Nomination to the Fourth Circuit
On December 22, 1995, President Clinton nominated Leonard to be an appeals-court judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.[3]
Career
Before Leonard's nomination to the Fourth Circuit he worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Franklin T. Dupree, Jr. from 1976 until 1978. He worked from 1978 until 1979 in private practice before becoming clerk of court for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina in 1979.
Leonard was appointed to be a federal magistrate in 1981, a position he held until becoming a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge in 1992.[3]
Awards and associations
- 2011 Lawyers Conference Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Judicial Administration[4]
External links
- Eastern District of North Carolina Judge's Contact Information
- Wikipedia article on J. Rich Leonard
- President Clinton Makes Two Nominations To United States District Court
- Who Obama might pick for Fourth Circuit 12-22-2008
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina
State courts:
Supreme Court of North Carolina • North Carolina Court of Appeals • North Carolina Superior Courts • North Carolina District Courts
State resources:
Courts in North Carolina • North Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Carolina
