U.S. Magistrate Judge Tony Leung of the District of Minnesota in his courtroom showing counsel tables and podium aseparated by plexiglass, (Photo: Courtesy Photo) 'Holding Court' with a Minnesota Magistrate Judge: Virtual Settlement Conferences Are 'Very Different But Also Very Much the Same'
"Only about two cases out of 100 go to trial," says U.S. Magistrate Judge Tony Leung of the District of Minnesota. "So, if only two out of 100 go to trial, you have to ask yourself, 'Is this one of the two out of 100?'"
September 30, 2020 at 07:30 AM
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Welcome to the latest in our 'Holding Court' series where the Lit Daily is exploring the variety of ways the pandemic has changed how the nation's trial courts conduct their business and the things individual jurists are doing to adjust to whatever the new normal is going to be.
Meet U.S. Magistrate Judge Tony Leung of the District of Minnesota. Leung was born in Hong Kong before his parents emigrated to the U.S. After initially working in the U.S. Foreign Service in China, Leung returned to the U.S. to attend law school at New York University School of Law, and eventually made partner at the firm then known as Faegre & Benson where he focused on transactional work.
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