Leon F. Spies
Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas
Criminal Law; Civil Trial; Appeals
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Admitted
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1975, Iowa, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court
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Law School
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University of Iowa, J.D.
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Member
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Johnson County (Secretary, 1979-1981; Vice President, 2004-2005; President, 2005-2006), Iowa State (Member, Criminal Law Litigation Section; Board of Governors) and American (Member, Committees on: Ethics and Professionalism; Trial Evidence; Trial Practice; Criminal Law Litigation Section) Bar Associations. American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Federal Criminal Practice Committee); Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Vice President, 2010-2011; Board of Governors, 2004); Iowa Association for Justice; American Association for Justice; American Judicature Society; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Inns of Court (Master; President, Dean Mason Ladd Inn, 1995-1996).
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Biography
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Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa. Judicial Magistrate, Sixth Judicial District of Iowa, 1978-1983. Instructor, Trial Advocacy, University of Iowa College of Law, 1996. Fellow: Iowa State Bar Foundation.
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Born
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Blue Grass, Iowa, October 8, 1950
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ISLN
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903511832
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