Leonard Gail

Founding Partner

Lenny has over three decades of experience in civil and criminal matters involving a wide range of trial, other litigation and counseling services. As a Founding Partner of Massey & Gail and as a Partner with Bartlit Beck, he has led teams working on complex matters nationwide. As Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President at Bank One (a Fortune 100 diversified financial services company later acquired by JP Morgan Chase), he managed a wide array of practice groups and served as the Law, Compliance and Government Relations Department’s Chief Financial Officer, with a $100 million-plus budget. And as an Assistant United States Attorney, he directed investigations and led trial teams, including on multi-million-dollar corporate fraud matters. He has taken to trial or argued on appeal dozens of sizeable matters covering a variety of substantive legal areas. Representative cases have involved antitrust, banking, bankruptcy, constitutional, contract, employment, environmental, ERISA, fraud, labor, patent, product liability, professional malpractice, real estate, regulatory, securities, and technology issues.

The Bowe Stewart Foundation Board of Directors, Trustee The National Association for Urban Debate Leagues, Co-Founder, Former Chairman of the Board, Former Executive Director, and Board Member The Chicago Humanities Festival, Board Member The Northwestern University School of Communication, Advisory Board Member The Steans Family Foundation, Trustee Mt.  Sinai Hospital, Former Board Member Chicago Run, Co-Founding and Former Board Member The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center, Co-Founder, and Former Chairman of the Board and Board Member The Chicago Debate Commission, Former Board Member

Harvard Law School, J.D., Cum Laude, 1985-1988 Dartmouth College, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Government, 1981-1985