Richard J. Leon
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Judge · Federal · District of Columbia
Profile data last updated: 10/7/2026. Status: senior.
Cases in this dataset
160 linked docket records. These counts are not a count of rulings or a prediction.
Case volume by filing year
- 2005
1 - 2010
2 - 2011
2 - 2013
3 - 2016
1 - 2017
2 - 2018
2 - 2019
3 - 2020
9 - 2021
21 - 2022
25 - 2023
52 - 2024
19 - 2025
18
Recent cases
- United States v. MONTGOMERY
- MORGAN v. WINGATE PROPERTIES LLC
- MOORE v. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
- United States v. MITCHELL
- HUANG v. NOEM
- United States v. CHERIZIER
- GARDABANI HOLDINGS B.V. v. GEORGIA
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED v. LONGITUDE LICENSING LTD.
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED v. LONGITUDE LICENSING LTD.
- United States v. VANTERPOOL
Career history
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · 2002-02-19 to End not recorded · George W. Bush
- College of the Holy Cross A.B. 1971
- Harvard Law School LL.M. 1981
- Harvard University LL.M. 1981
- Suffolk University Law School J.D. 1974
- Suffolk University J.D. 1974
Sources and corrections
- fjc-bio · 2026-10-07
- courtlistener-people-bulk · 2026-10-07
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