LOUIS A. LEONE

Louis Leone is a trial attorney with more than 20 years of experience representing public schools, community college districts, municipalities and corporate clients throughout the Bay Area. Mr. Leone graduated from Pepperdine Law School in 1981 and is admitted to practice law in California and all California federal courts as well as the United States Supreme Court. He has tried over 30 jury trials regarding catastrophic injury, civil rights, harassment, breach of contract, mold claims, RICO claims, lease disputes, construction and employment cases in both the state and federal courts. He has provided consultation services to a variety of public school districts in the field of education law, employment issues, discrimination, real estate and construction law. Mr. Leone has lectured for a multitude of professional organizations affiliated with school districts and public entities and is recognized as an expert in the fields of education law and public entity representation. Mr. Leone is also a mediator for the federal district courts.

Presentations and Papers: CASBO Conference, 1998, Topic: AStudent to Student Sexual Harassment: What Now?@;  CASBO Conference, 2000, Topic: AThe Anatomy of a Lawsuit”; East Bay Schools Insurance Group Yearly Conference, 1997, 98, 99 and 2000, Topics: ALegal Aspects of A Public Records Request,@ ASchool Violence: The Future of School Litigation,@ ASexual Harassment Investigations,@ AMold: The New Frontier,@ (also presented at NORCAL yearly conference, 2000, Napa); PARMA Conference Northern California, December 2000, Topic: AThe Effective Use of Outside Counsel@; PARMA, yearly conference, 2002, Topic: AThe Effective Use of Outside Counsel@; CASBO Yearly Conference, 2002, Topic: ASexual Abuse, Reporting Requirements;@ ACSA, Northern California Chapter, Summer, 2002, Topic: Current Litigation Trends in Schools; PARMA, Northern California, Fall, 2002, Topic: How to Win At Trial; EBSIG  yearly conference, 2005, Topic: Construction Litigation for School Districts;  SWACC Conference, Palm Springs, 2006, Topic: Police and Public Service Officer Liability and Compliance with the Americans with Disability Act-Litigation Nightmare. Publications: The Role of Cytotoxic Therapy with Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in the Therapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Children: An Evidence-Based Review, Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, January 2007 (Vol. 13, Issue 1, Pages 1-25).