Mr. McLeskey received his J.D. from Ohio Northern University and also attended law school at Emanuel College, Cambridge, England through the University of Richmond (Va.) law school in the summer of 1980.  Mr. McLeskey received his B.A. in history from Yale University in 1976 and  his A.M. in history from Brown University in 1977.

Mr. McLeskey became licensed to practice in all courts in the state of  Ohio in 1981 and in the U.S. Courts for the Southern and Northern District of Ohio in 1982 and 1990 respectively. He became licensed to practice in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2001 and in all the courts, including the federal courts in the states of Kentucky and West Virginia in 2004 and 2006 respectfully.
 
Mr. McLeskey’s practice concentrates in the area of creditor rights, including foreclosures, replevins, consumer/commercial collections, domestication of foreign judgments, reviver of dormant judgments, bankruptcy representation of creditors, insurance subrogation, workouts, and consumer/commercial litigation.  He also practices in the areas of  probate and estate planning.
 
He is an active member of the St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Tri-Village Sertoma and the Athletic Club of Columbus.