About
Leto has been effectively litigating cases for plaintiffs in the North Carolina country and federal courts for more than 25 years. She handles cases of workplace injury and mistreatment, non-public damage and wrongful loss of life, and sexual harassment and sex abuse. For the past ten years, Leto has had the highest score (AV) for criminal capacity and moral requirements given through Martindale-Hubbell. She has been indexed within the Best Lawyers in America in the region of workers repayment for the reason that 2005. Since 2006, Leto has been blanketed within the list of North Carolina Super Lawyers published via Law and Politics Magazine. In the identical mag, she turned into listed as one of the top fifty ladies attorneys in North Carolina from 2006-2009.
Leto often lectures and and offers sensible advice to her colleagues inside the regulation. She has taught in persevering with legal schooling applications backed by means of, amongst other businesses, the North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the North Carolina Bar Association, the North Carolina Association of Women Lawyers and the Labor and Employment Section of the American Bar Association.
Leto has served numerous leadership roles within the North Carolina legal network. She presently serves as co-chair of the CLE Committee of the Litigation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association and on the NCBA Constitutional Rights and Responsibilities Section Council. Leto formerly served on the NCBA Labor and Employment and Law Practice Management Section Councils. For 5 years she was a board member of Legal Aid of North Carolina, an enterprise delivering free felony services to low-earnings humans statewide. She has served as President of the North Carolina Association of Women Lawyers, and in various management positions with the North Carolina Advocates for Justice.
Leto believes in public service. Her first job after being admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1984 changed into as staff lawyer with Legal Services of Southern Piedmont. She is actively concerned in her church, St. Philips Episcopal of Durham, where she served for 4 years as a teenagers group chief and is currently an elected member of the sacristy (governing board). On Sundays, Leto volunteers because the American Sign Language interpreter for the church, and in 2010, she was profiled in Law and Politics Magazine in an article entitled "The Interpreter", which advised of her participation as a team interpreter on a medical challenge experience to Honduras. Leto is also an enthusiastic member of Rotary International and is a member of the Hillsborough, NC chapter.
Leto moved to North Carolina in 1983, right after graduating from Harvard Law School, to work as a law clerk to the Honorable James E. McMillan (a native of McDonald, NC) of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. She straight away felt a harmony with the country and its people, and has never left. Leto is an avid observer and supporter of North Carolina natural world, and an eager purchaser of North Carolina farm merchandise. In her exercise, she has constantly represented people, considering the fact that she has by no means forgotten the years whilst she had to absolutely help herself as an automobile components employee, residence cleanser and waitress.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Workers Compensation
Costs
- Conditional Fees
Certificates
NC State Bar
Languages
- American Sign Language: Spoken
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Partner
Copeley Johnson & Groninger PLLC
2011 - Partner
Patterson Harkavy LLP
1996 - Staff Lawyer
Legal Services of Southern Piedmont
1984 - Law Clerk to the Honorable James E. McMillan
United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
1983
Educations
Graduation year: 1983
Graduation year: 1980
