Leah M. Quadrino

Leah M. Quadrino is an accomplished litigator and trial lawyer, representing plaintiffs and defendants in business and intellectual property disputes across a variety of global industries, including financial services, technology, real estate, oil and gas, and waste management, among other areas. She has tried jury and bench trials before federal and state courts, and handled arbitration proceedings in many different forums, including Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS). In 2022, the National Law Journal listed her successful $64 million jury verdict as a Top 100 Verdict, and TopVerdict listed it as a Top 20 Commercial Litigation Verdict in the United States.  

The Legal 500 has named Leah a "Next Generation Lawyer" in Dispute Resolution: General Commercial Disputes and further recognized her "broad IP expertise and experience advising in various sectors," noting that Leah’s clients say she "really understands trade secret law" and is "always thinking how to present the facts in the most favorable way in a trial."

A significant portion of Leah's practice is international in scope. She frequently represents foreign clients with global business interests who are engaged in disputes in US courts, and she has broad experience navigating cross-border discovery and advising clients on the domestic and extraterritorial application of US laws.

Active in her pro bono practice and in her community, Leah has represented recent immigrants, refugees, and homeless persons, as well as victims of sex trafficking, employment discrimination, and excessive force violations. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. At Steptoe, she has previously served as deputy practice group leader for Commercial Litigation, and is a past chair of Steptoe's firm-wide Professional Training Committee.