Andrew P. Leonard
Owner/Equity Partner
Chicago And Illinois Workers' Compensation And Personal Injury Attorney
Education And Early Experience
Andrew P. Leonard is a Chicago area native and the founder of Leonard Law Group, LLC. Andrew concentrates his practice on the representation of those injured while working throughout the state of Illinois. He practices before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Circuit Courts, and the Appellate and Supreme Courts.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Augustana College in 1991, Andrew completed his Master of Business Administration Degree from The Dominican University in 1996, and received his Juris Doctor Degree from The John Marshall Law School in 1996.
In Law School, Andrew received top 10% honors in an oral presentation from his Harvard-trained law professor and earned a spot in the final four of their Nationally renowned Moot Court Program all while working full-time during the day and attending Law School at night. While a student Andrew worked at a Chicago Injury firm and was the only law clerk selected by one of the firm’s leading trial attorneys to prepare multiple Federal Pre-Trial Memorandums.
Founding Leonard Law Group, LLC
In 1996 immediately after being sworn in and licensed by the state of Illinois, Andrew opened Employee Legal Services, LTD, which is now known as Leonard Law Group, LLC, as a solo practitioner. Within months of being licensed and despite being pitted against attorneys twenty to thirty years his senior at the time, Andrew amassed an impressive record of successful trial awards and Settlements. He is one of the few attorneys in Illinois to settle a Workers' Compensation case for a lump sum Settlement of $1,000,000 or more. In fact, Andrew settled a case in 2017 for $1,450,000 in a lump sum with total benefits paid on the case approaching almost $3,400,000.
Andrew teaches seminars and lectures on the intricacies of Workers' Compensation and Injury law. With the help of his older brother Joseph Leonard, and his younger brother Matthew Leonard,, Andrew pushed Leonard Law Group, LLC to the forefront of Chicago’s Injury Law Practice.
Andrew is a member of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
He has been recognized for his excellence in practice by his peers as evidenced by his selection in 2015-2023 as a Super Lawyer which is an award given to only the top 5% of all attorneys in Illinois.
Practice Areas
Attorney With Several Multi-Million Dollar Payouts
On Workers' Compensation Cases
Andrew Leonard is one of the few attorneys in the state of Illinois with several
multi-million dollar payouts on Workers' Compensation cases and may hold the record for the largest Workers' Compensation case with a payout over $24,000,000.
Education
In 1991 Andrew graduated from Augustana College with his Bachelor’s Degree. He completed his Master of Business Administration Degree from The Dominican University in 1996. He obtained his Juris Doctor Degree from The John Marshall Law School in 1996. After graduating, Andrew established Leonard Law Group, LLC with the assistance of his father and consultant Eugene T. Leonard III.
- Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
- The Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois
- Master of Business Administration Degree 1996
- The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois
Awards And Accolades
- Member of The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
- Selected to Super Lawyers® 2015-2025
- Better Business Bureau A+ Rating
