Law Office of David T. Leake, Esq.

Somerset PA DUI, Criminal & Custody Attorney

”I fight for each of my clients like they are family. I will go against the grain with opposing counsel, law enforcement, and the court, if it means a better outcome for my client.”
-David T. Leake, Esq.

David T. Leake is the owner of the Law Office of David T. Leake, Esq. located in downtown Somerset. His office occupies an entire building on West Main Street in downtown Somerset. He is one of the only attorneys in the State of Pennsylvania to ever have had a DUI case heard by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He also has an associate attorney, Andrew Snyder, Esq., who assists Attorney Leake with his cases.

Attorney Leake and Snyder have extensive courtroom experience as the firm focuses mainly on courtroom litigation. They have presented countless cases before the court and are generally before the court at least once a day. At any given time his office has at least one hundred docketed cases in Somerset County. Attorney Leake was also previously employed as a Judicial Law Clerk in the Somerset County Court of Common Pleas where he gained knowledge of the legal system from the judicial perspective.

He attended Duquesne University School of Law as an evening student working full time throughout law school.

Upon graduation he received numerous awards for excellence in trial and appellate advocacy, as well as one of the most prestigious graduation awards called the John Sciullio Peer Excellency Award, a peer voted award for outstanding work ethic and integrity. He was also inducted into the Order of Barristers, a national honors society for courtroom advocacy, and won a National Moot Court Competition.

His main practice areas are DUI, criminal defense, family law, custody, divorce, protection from abuse PFA actions, Wills, estates, trusts, and firearm law. For more information please click the practice areas link below.