USD School of Law Alumnus Nathan G. Leedy ’03 (JD) Named Superior Court Judge

Nathan G. Leedy ’03 (JD) Named Superior Court Judge

Sacramento (June 28, 2016) - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced the appointment of University of San Diego (USD) School of Law alumnus Nathan G. Leedy, ’03 (JD), to a judgeship in the Tulare County Superior Court.

Leedy has served as a deputy public defender at the Tulare County Public Defender’s Office since 2004. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the USD School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Leedy fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Lloyd L. Hicks. He is a Democrat.

Read the full press release online.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

The University of San Diego (USD) School of Law is recognized for the excellence of its faculty, depth of its curriculum, and strength of its clinical programs. Each year, USD educates approximately 900 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 81 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 23rd worldwide in all-time faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, nonprofit, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.