Paul A. Leonard, Jr., Partner, Burke Costanza & Cuppy, LLP. AV rating, Martindale Hubbell. Born Dayton, Ohio, June 20, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, Indiana; also admitted to practice before U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana; U.S. Tax Court. Preparatory education, College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1975); University of Dayton (M.A., 1978); legal education, Valparaiso University (J.D., 1982). Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Indiana Certified Family Law Specialist; Director, Independent Certification Board for Indiana Family Law Specialists; Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation; listed in 2004 thru 2009 Indiana Super Lawyers; Listed in Best Lawyers in America® since 2007; Past Chair, Indiana State Bar Association Family and Juvenile Law Section, 2001-2003; President of the Board of Directors of Indiana Legal Services, Inc., 2007-2011; current Director and Vice-Chair, District 1 Pro Bono Committee; Past-President, Lake County Bar Association; Past-Co-Chair, Lake County Bar Association Family Law Section; Member, Indiana and American Bar Associations (Family Law Sections); Faculty, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Foundation, Family Law; Faculty, Law Education Institute, Family Law. Recipient, 2009 Gale M. Phelps Memorial Award, Indiana State Bar Association Section of Family and Juvenile Law.
