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Tommy Leinenweber

Associate

Chicago

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Tommy is a litigation associate in the firm’s Chicago office. During law school, he externed for the Honorable Robert M. Dow Jr. of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Prior to law school, Tommy worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in its Banking Supervision and Regulation department.

Tommy joined the firm from Winston’s summer associate program and focuses his practice on a broad range of litigation. During law school, he was a teacher’s assistant for both Civil Procedure and Professional Responsibility.

 

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Government Investigations, Enforcement & Compliance
Securities, M&A & Corporate Governance Litigation
Litigation/Trials

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Education

Tommy received his J.D., summa cum laude, from University of Illinois College of Law in 2021 where he was an admissions editor for the University of Illinois Law Review. In law school, Tommy was elected to the Order of the Coif and earned recognition as a Harno Scholar and as a recipient of the “Rickert Award for Excellence in Academics.” He also received CALI awards (highest grade in the class) in Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, First and Fourteenth Amendment, Business Associations, Professional Responsibility, and Complex Litigation. Tommy received his B.S, cum laude, in business administration from Saint Louis University in 2016.

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