Contact:
Phone: 215-665-3220
Fax: 215-665-3165
Email: thomas.leonard@obermayer.com
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Office:
Philadelphia, PA
One Penn Center, 19th Floor
1617 John F. Kennedy Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1895

Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Litigation

Education:
Drexel University (BS '68)
Temple University School of Law (JD '71)

Professional/Civic Activities:

Professional Activities: Listed in Who’s Who in the World
 1993 to Present;
 Chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1996 - 1997;
 Vice Chairman, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1995 - 1996;
Member, Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1991 - present;
American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations;
 Board of Governors, Philadelphia Bar Association
 1979-1982;
Delegate, House of Delegates, Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1979-1982;
Chairman, Community Activization Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association, 1981-1982.

Civic Activities: 
Chairman, Board of Governors, Hahnemann University Hospital
 2008 to Present;
 Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, Hahnemann University Hospital
 2007-2008
Board of Governors, Hahnemann University Hospital
2002 to 2006;
Board of Trustees, MCP Hahnemann University Medical School
1998 to 2002;
Board of Directors, CORA Services, Inc.
1998 to 2004;
Board of Directors, World Affairs Council
1997 to 2005;
Board of Directors, The World Trade Center of
Greater Philadelphia
2003 to Present;
Chairman, PA Finance Committee "Clinton for President"
1992 to 2000;
Vice Chairman, Finance, Democratic National Committee
1993 to 2000;
Managing Trustee, Democratic National Committee
1992 to 2000;
Chairman, PA Finance Committee, Democratic National Committee;
1993 to 2000
Chairman and Treasurer, Casey for Senate Committee
2006 to Present
Co-Chairman, Rendell for Mayor
1991 and 1995;
Member, Finance Committee, Rendell for Governor
2002 to Present;
Member, Democratic National Committee
1976-1983;
Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1976, 1980, 1992 and 1996;
Member, Philadelphia Orchestra Council and Development Committee
1981-1986;
Member, Merit Selection Committee for Eastern District of PA.
2000 to Present;
Founding Member and Director, Academy of Sciences Philadelphia
1981-1985;
 Board of Directors, Asian Studies Foundation
1983 to 1995;
 Treasurer and Board of Directors, Haifa University Philadelphia Chapter
1982-1986;
Member, Urban Coalition Task Force on Education
1987 to 1994;
Trustee, Estate of Thomas Cahill
1996 to Present;
President, Board of Advisors, Roman Catholic High School
2007 to Present
Member, Board of Advisors, Roman Catholic High School
1978 to 2007
Register of Wills, City of Philadelphia
1976-1979;
President, Pennsylvania Chapter Irish American Partnership and Member of National Board of Directors
1989 to Present.

Corporate Activities: Chairman, Delaware Valley Real Estate Investment Fund, Inc.
 1998 to Present;
 Chairman, Board of Directors, Permalith Plastics
 2001 to Present;
 Chairman, Board of Directors, SwapCredits.com
 2005 to Present;
 Chairman, Board of Directors, Crowley Chemical
 2007 to Present;
 Board of Directors, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
1993 to 1998;
Board of Directors, Independence Blue Cross
1994 to Present;
Board of Directors, PRWT Services, Inc.
2008 to Present;
Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Business Bank
2000 to 2008;
Board of Directors, U.S. Facilities, Inc.
2000 to Present;
Board of Directors, TelAmerica, LLC
2001 to 2008;
Board of Directors, Select-A-Branch ATM Network, LLC
2007 to Present;
  Vice Chairman, Philadelphia Gas Commission
    1979-1983;
Board of Directors, Philadelphia Industrial
Development Corporation
1975 - 1980;
Member, Sinking Fund Commission
City of Philadelphia
1979-1983;

Publications: 
Amran's Pennsylvania Practice
Member, Seventh Editorial Board

Various Articles for Legal Publications

Thomas A. Leonard is a partner with Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP. He is chairman of the Litigation Department and a permanent member of the firm’s Management Committee.

Mr. Leonard has comprehensive experience in business and complex commercial litigation. His law practice concentrates in the areas of antitrust, construction litigation, mergers and acquisitions, commercial, administrative and regulatory issues, environmental matters and health care representation.  He also has an extensive appellate practice.

Prior to joining Obermayer in 1992, Mr. Leonard was a partner and co-chairman of the Litigation Department at Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman and a permanent member of the Firm Executive Committee. From 1979-83, he served as the Controller for the City of Philadelphia.

Mr. Leonard received his Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University, Philadelphia. He was awarded his Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law, where he served as the editor of the Temple Law Quarterly.

Mr. Leonard currently serves as Chairman of the Delaware Valley Real Estate Investment Fund and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Permalith Plastics. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Independence Blue Cross, U.S. Facilities, Pennsylvania Business Bank, Hahnemann Hospital, The World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, The World Affairs Council and CORA Services, Inc. From 1993-98, he served on the Board of Directors for the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae).

He currently is Chairman and Treasurer of The Casey for Senate Committee. He has also served as the Pennsylvania Finance chairman for President Clinton and as vice chairman, Finance, for the Democratic National Committee. He was also chairman of the Pennsylvania Finance Committee for the Democratic National Committee and chairman of the Ed Rendell for Mayor campaign and a member of the Finance Committee of the Ed Rendell for Governor campaign. He was a delegate to the National Democratic Conventions in 1976, 1980, 1992 and 1996. He was vice chairman of the Philadelphia Gas Commission from 1979-83.

He served as chairman of the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He is a previous delegate to the House of Delegates, Pennsylvania Bar Association, and formerly served on the Board of Governors of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Hahnemann Hospital and President of the Board of Advisors of Roman Catholic High School and serves on the Board of Directors of the Irish American Partnership.

Mr. Leonard is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, and is listed in Who’s Who in the World.   He is also named as one of Pennsylvania’s “Super Lawyers” as listed in both the Philadelphia magazine (June 2008; June 2007;  June 2006; June 2005; June 2004) and the Law and Politics Magazine, “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers 2008” and 2004-2007 editions.  He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.