Atty. Leonardo is an Associate Lawyer for the Firm. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from San Beda University (Mendiola)–College of Law in 2019 and was admitted to the Bar in 2020. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he took up Bachelor of Science in Accountancy in De La Salle University-Manila, and passed the CPA Board Exams in July 2014. Before joining the Firm, Atty. Leonardo became a fellow for the Alternative Law Groups’ EnDefense program, which is focused on providing legal assistance to minorities and representations to indigenous people in order to defend and to uphold their rights as provided under IPRA and other environmental laws. After admission to the bar in 2020, Atty. Leonardo has been engaged with labor law, civil law, taxation law, criminal law, corporate law, intellectual property law, immigration law, litigation and other special areas of law practice.