William W. Leathem

William W. Leathem is a 1989 graduate of John Marshall Law School.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Leathem was an attorney for Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension and Health & Welfare Funds, and was later senior counsel for the Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Leathem handles numerous cases in various federal district courts, and has argued employee benefits cases on appeal in a number of federal appellate courts.

Mr. Leathem has represented public pension funds and assisted them in recouping benefits that were obtained by fraud.

Mr. Leathem is admitted to the Illinois bar (1989), the Federal trial bar, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.