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Leon has forty years of experience in trust and estate litigation, will contests, fiduciary law, probate administration and estate planning. He is a nationally renowned attorney in his field and has been selected as a 'Best Lawyer in America', a 'Leading Lawyer' and an 'Ohio Super Lawyer' for years. He is a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Ohio State Bar Association, and the Cleveland Bar Association where he served as a Member of the Board of Trustees and as General Chairman of the Cleveland Bar Association's Annual Estate Planning Institute. Leon is a frequent lecturer and panelist on probate, estate planning, professional liability, and professional responsibilities issues for the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the Ohio Legal Center Institute, the Jewish Welfare Federation, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland Bar Association, County Bar Association, and the National Business Institute. Leon also serves as a mediator for private litigants.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Bar Association
Member, Probate & Trust Property Litigation Sections; Estate & Trust Litigation
Committee/Subcommittee on Privileges and Experts
- Ohio State Bar Association
Member, Probate and Trust Section
- Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Member, Estate Planning, Probate & Trust Law Section
- American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
Member, Fiduciary Litigation Committee/Evidence Subcommittee
HONORS & DISTINCTIONS
- Who's Who in America
- The Metropolitan Who's Who in Law
- International Who's Who of Professionals
- ' The Best Lawyers in America,' 1999-2009 Editions
- ' Leading Lawyers,' by Inside Business Magazine, 2001-2009 Editions
- ' Ohio Super Lawyers,' Top 100 in Ohio, Top 50 in Cleveland, by Cincinnati Magazine, 2004-2013
- ' The American Lawyer,' 2004-2009 Editions
- Inside Business Magazine Leading Lawyer 2010
- Marquis Who's Who in America in Finance and Business.
- International Who's Who of Professionals.
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2013 editions.
- Selected as a Leading Lawyer by Inside Business Magazine, December, 2001- 2010.
- Estate Planning Advisory Council, Case Western Reserve University.
- Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer Top 100 in Ohio, Top 50 in Cleveland by Law & Politics, Cincinnati Magazine, and Northern Ohio Life, January 2004-2013.
- Listed as one of the leading Trust and Estate attorneys in the country in The American Lawyer, November, 2004-2007.
- The Metropolitan Whos Who in Law.
- Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer Top 100 in Ohio, 2011.
- Selected as an Ohio Super Lawyer Top 100 in Ohio, 2012, Trust and Estate Litigation.
- 2011 Martindale-Hubbell AV Pre-eminent Rating.
- 2011 Best Lawyers in America; Lawyer of the Year Cleveland Trust and Estate Litigation.
For a better understanding of the scope of our estate and trust litigation services, please visit: http://www.willcontestfirm.com
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PRACTICE AREAS
- Estate, Trust and Probate Litigation
- Will Contests
- Guardianship and Estate Administration
- Estate Planning and Probate Administration
- Professional Liability
EDUCATION
- B.S. in B.A., Bucknell University, 1963
- J.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1966
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of Ohio, 1966
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