Leigh A. Frederick
Associate
Leigh concentrates her practice on complex commercial litigation, mass tort, and products liability.
Leigh has experience navigating high-stakes litigation across many different industries including media, automotive, manufacturing, and finance. She has assisted with drafting critical motions in class action lawsuits and has experience at all stages of litigation, including prelitigation advising, case assessment and strategy development, discovery, and trial. Most recently, Leigh served on the trial team defending a large media company in a multi-billion dollar defamation suit. Leigh draws on her prior experience as an in-house legal intern at a technology company to understand and respond to client needs.
Credentials
Education
Leigh received her J.D., cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 2022, where she competed and placed in several national moot court competitions, earning distinction for both her written and oral advocacy. Leigh received a merit scholarship, was elected Moot Court Student of the Year by her peers, was given a Leadership, Service, and Public Interest Award from the law school, was conferred CALI Awards in three of her classes, and appeared on the Dean’s List. During law school, Leigh also served as a peer tutor and sat on the executive boards of Loyola’s Honors Appellate Advocacy Program and the Consumer Law Review journal. She received her B.A., cum laude, in History and English from Vanderbilt University in 2016.
Admissions
- Illinois
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