Robert Leider focuses his practice on appellate litigation. He has briefed cases before the Second, Third, Fifth, Ninth, and Federal Circuits. He also drafts dispositive motions in district court and advises clients on complex constitutional and administrative law issues.
Mr. Leider graduated from Yale Law School in 2012, where he was the Articles Editor of the Yale Law Journal. Following law school, he clerked for Judge Diane S. Sykes of the Seventh Circuit and for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Mr. Leider also was an Olin-Searle-Smith Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He has been published in the Indiana Law Journal, Quinnipiac Law Review, and Wall Street Journal. Mr. Leider also teaches the Appellate Practice Seminar at Georgetown University Law Center with Lisa Blatt.
Courthouse Steps Preview: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, New York
Criminal Law & Procedure and Civil Rights Practice Group Teleforum
Teleforum
Tenth Anniversary of Heller
Teleforum
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
featuring Robert Leider
On Dec. 2, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in New York State Rifle...
Courthouse Steps Preview: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, New York
Criminal Law & Procedure and Civil Rights Practice Group Teleforum
Please join us to discuss the upcoming oral argument in New York State Rifle &...
Second Amendment in the Highest Court: NYSPRA v. City of New York
How much is too much? That was a principal question in the partisan gerrymandering case...
United States v. Stitt and United States v. Sims - Post-Decision
SCOTUScast featuring Robert Leider
On December 10, 2018, the Supreme Court decided the consolidated cases United States v. Stitt...
Kisela v. Hughes - Post-Decision SCOTUScast
SCOTUScast featuring Robert Leider
On April 2, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Kisela v. Hughes. In 2010, Andrew Kisela,...