Nick Leonard

Nick Leonard is the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. In this role, he supervises the Center’s attorneys and coordinates the organization’s legal strategies. From 2014 to 2016, Nick worked with the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center as an Equal Justice Works fellow. His fellowship project focused on providing transactional legal services to individuals, nonprofit corporations, and for-profit businesses engaged in urban agriculture in Detroit. After transitioning to his role as staff attorney at the conclusion of his fellowship, Nick worked on environmental justice issues in Detroit, with a specific focus on Clean Air Act permitting, hazardous and solid waste management, and local environmental policy. Nick spends his free time watching Tigers baseball, spending time with his family on Belle Isle, and cooking.