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Gerard Leone

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Work Department

Higher Education and Private Schools, Litigation, White Collar, Regulatory Defense and Investigations

Position

Special Counsel

Career

Gerry is co-head of Hunton’s higher education and private schools practice and a collaborative team leader with broad-based public, governmental, and private practice experience, including in niche special situations that require his distinctive skills, as well as in safety, security, and executive protection matters. He provides a variety of clients—both individuals and organizations—with thoughtful, strategic advice and practical decision-making tools in legal, business, regulatory, compliance, and ethics matters across higher education, litigation, and investigations.

Gerry is a former General Counsel of the University of Massachusetts, former private industry Vice President of People Development and CHRO of a large construction firm, former elected and appointed leader of county, state, and federal government and investigative prosecution organizations, and former Regional Counsel and Senior Director of an international investigations and safety & security/protection consulting firm, among other roles. This unique set of experience informs his ability to bring people and agencies together and his comfort interacting with local, state, and federal prosecutors, government regulators, and law enforcement officers. He seeks to effectively control, mitigate, and eliminate client exposure—from risk prevention to crisis management, including independent corporate monitoring or receivership needed to investigate, address, and remediate alleged compliance related misconduct.

Memberships

Middlesex District Attorney, Middlesex District Attorney’s Office (2007-2013)

First Assistant US Attorney, Massachusetts United States Attorney’s Office (2001-2005)

Anti-Terrorism Coordinator, Massachusetts United States Attorney’s Office (2001-2002)

Criminal Bureau Chief, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (1998-2001)

Assistant District Attorney, Middlesex District Attorney’s Office (1991-1998)

Assistant District Attorney, Suffolk District Attorney’s Office (1990-1991)

Education

JD, Suffolk University Law School, 1989

BA, American Political History, Harvard University, 1985