Michael J. Leotta, who served more than seven years in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Maryland, has joined WilmerHale as a counsel in the firm’s litigation/controversy department and member of the investigations and criminal litigation practice.
Michael Leotta
Leotta served both as appellate chief and as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Maryland and was for a time detailed to the White House Counsel’s Office as Deputy Associate Counsel. Before becoming appellate chief, Leotta was a trial lawyer in the Fraud and Public Corruption section.
Prior to his government service, Leotta was a litigation associate at Williams & Connolly LLP, and served as a clerk to the Judge Francis D. Murnaghan Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Leotta graduated summa cum laude with a degree in psychology from the University of Maryland and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School.
