Leonardo, Lori M.

Lori Leonardo is an associate at Buchanan & Land, LLP. Lori received her B.S. in Business Administration, summa cum laude, with a concentration in Management Information Systems from Auburn University in 2002. She earned her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2007, where she was Senior Notes Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and an academic scholarship recipient.

Lori is a member of the Georgia Bar, and her practice consists of a broad range of general commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining the firm, Lori served as a judicial clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Mallon Faircloth in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. She also worked as an associate at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lori is the Vice President of the Young Laywers Division of the Columbus Bar Association and a member of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers Columbus Divison.

FEDERAL CLERKSHIP

United Sates District Court, Middle District of Georgia
Law Clerk to United States Magistrate Judge G. Mallon Faircloth
Drafted Orders and Reports and Recommendations for the Court's signature for cases involving civil litigation, federal civil rights litigation, state and federal habeas corpus petitions, Social Security disability benefits appeals, and prisoner litigation.