Ms. Leonard has been a commercial litigator for over 30 years representing both domestic and international clients in matters such as: products liability (representing domestic and foreign manufacturers), real estate development and limited partnerships, (managers and investors), hedge funds (employment and transactional agreements as well as NASD arbitrations) and general transactional matters.  Ms. Leonard has worked with E&C on several class action securities matters, including MF Global and Forex. Her past employment includes working at the law firms of Herzfeld & Rubin PC; Leader & Berkon, LLP; Anderson Kill & Olick; and Darger, Errante, Yavitz & Blau, LLP. Ms. Leonard graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with honors, and Touro College Jacob Fuchsberg School of Law with honors, where she was also an editor of the Law Review.