Richard J. Leighton

Employment, Mediation
700 Providence Building
Duluth, Minnesota 55802


Employment

Admitted

1979, Iowa; 1980, Minnesota and U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Tax Court; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1991, North Dakota

Law School

University of Iowa, J.D., with distinction, 1979

Law School Graduation Year

1979

College

University of Chicago, B.A., 1976

Memberships

Iowa State and Minnesota State Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota; Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee, 1989—); Defense Research Institute.

Biographical

Note and Comment Editor, Iowa Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk for the Honorable Bruce M. Snell, Jr., Judge, Iowa Court of Appeals. Author, Comment, Beyond the Dram Shop Act: Imposition of Common-Law Liability on Purveyors of Liquor, 63 Iowa L. Rev. 1282 (1978).

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