Over the course of his long career, Rich Leonard has been a pioneering judge, a groundbreaking court administrator, a restorer of historic courthouses, and at age 29 the youngest U.S. District Court Clerk in the country, which gave him a front-row seat to some of the most sensational trials in North Carolina history.He has also run marathons, climbed mountains, forged cross-continental friendships, and embraced life in all its majesty and messiness.He worked as a special consultant to the U.S. Department of State, where for 20 years he helped developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa create workable court systems.He is now the Dean of Campbell Law School in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he resides with his family.