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Magistrate Judge Leo A. Latella

ENTERED ON DUTY
June 10, 2025

  • 2024-2025 -  Acting Chief Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • 2005-2024 – Assistant Federal Public Defender, Middle District Pennsylvania
  • 2009-2010 – Special Counsel, United States Sentencing Commission
  • 1993-1996, 2002-2005 -  Law Clerk, Honorable William J. Nealon, United States District Judge, MDPA
  • 2001-2002 – Rotating Law Clerk to the Magistrate Judges, MDPA

EDUCATION

  • 2001 Temple University School of Law, LL.M., with distinction, Taxation
  • 1993 The Dickinson School of Law, Juris Doctorate
    • Senior Editor, The Dickinson Law Review
    • Woolsack Honor Society
  • 1988 King’s College Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Psychology, Minors Philosophy and Theology