Matthew Frederick Leitman

Matthew Frederick Leitman (born 1968) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Biography

Leitman was born in 1968, in Detroit. He received a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, in 1990 from the University of Michigan. He received a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, in 1993 from Harvard Law School. He served as a law clerk to Justice Charles L. Levin of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 to 2004, he worked at the law firm of Miro Weiner & Kramer P.C. in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. From 2004 until his move to the federal bench, he served as a principal at the law firm of Miller Canfield P.L.C. in Troy, Michigan, where he handled complex commercial litigation, criminal defense, and appellate matters before both state and federal courts.

Federal judicial service

On July 25, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Leitman to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, to the seat vacated by Judge Marianne Battani, who assumed senior status on June 10, 2012. On March 11, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 55–43 vote. On March 12, 2014, his nomination was confirmed by a 98–0 vote. He received his judicial commission on March 14, 2014.