W. DANIEL LEAHY, a native Chicagoan, graduated from Fenwick High School in Oak Park in 1963. After graduation, he attended St. Leo College in Florida and then spent his junior year studying at Loyola University's Rome Center. He returned to Chicago to graduate from Loyola University.

After graduating, Dan entered DePaul University College of Law, graduating with a Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree in June 1971.

During his senior year in Law School, he worked as a clerk in the States Attorneys Office of Cook County and after admission to the Illinois Bar and Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois continued as an Assistant States Attorney in Cook County, representing the county in tax, probate and workers' compensation litigation.

After leaving the States Attorneys Office he joined the law offices of James M. Patek, counsel for the Insurance Company of North America. While in this position, he specialized in defense of liability and workers' compensation claims.

In December of 1973, he joined the law firm of Roddy & Power, specializing in defense of workers' compensation litigation. On July 1, 1978, he was admitted to the partnership and the firm was incorporated under the name of Roddy, Power & Leahy, Ltd.

Mr. Leahy served as a member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association. He served on the Board of Trustees of that association from 1973 through 1982, as Secretary from 1982 through 1984, Vice President in 1985 and President of the Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association in 1986 and continued as a member of the Board of Managers for that organization through 1995. He has lectured on workers’ compensation for the Illinois Self Insureds Association, Chicago Bar Association and Illinois State Bar Association. Dan continues to serve the firm in an Of Counsel capacity.

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