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Group Proposal by Michelle and Ilana:


 * Biography: Ilana
 * Early life : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/15colli.html
 * Father was a federal judge, The New York Times article from 2008 states Robert A. Leonard lives in Lattingtown, NY with his wife and four children. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY.
 * Add information to biography on right-hand side.
 * Education : Add all of the information, completely lacking in the Wikipedia article.
 * Columbia University​, New York, NY
 * Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
 * Ph.D. 1982 (Linguistics)
 * M. Phil. 1973 (Linguistics)
 * M.A. 1973 (Linguistics)
 * Columbia College
 * B.A. 1970 ​cum laude​ (Sociology)
 * University of Nairobi​, Kenya (during Fulbright Fellowship tenure)
 * Institute of African Studies, Research Associate 1974-75
 * OTHER TRAINING
 * Linguistic Society Institutes: Advanced Linguistic Training
 * University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Summer 1977
 * University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Summer 1973
 * American University Alumni Association: Thai Language
 * Bangkok, Thailand, Summer 1976
 * Robert Leonard, began his education at Columbia College, receiving his B.A. and graduating in 1970 cum laude with a degree in Sociology. He then moved on to Columbia Graduate School, receiving his M.A and M. Phil. in Linguistics in 1973, and his Ph.D in Linguistics in 1982. During a Fulbright Fellowship tenure which lasted from 1974-1975, Leonard studied at the University of Nairobi in Kenya. He held a position as a Research Associate at the Institute of African Studies. His other training includes Advanced Linguistics Training at the Linguistic Society Institute, and Leonard studied at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the summer of 1973 and the University of Hawaii, Honolulu in the summer of 1977. Leonard also studied the Thai Language at the American University Alumni Association in Bangkok, Thailand during the summer of 1976.
 * Qualifications : add this paragraph
 * Robert Leonard is qualified as an Expert Witness in Linguistics in 12 States, and 6 Federal District Courts (Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, and in U.S. District Courts in Newark, NJ, Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Jose, CA, Tampa, FL, and Denver, CO) and has also testified before World Bank ICSID Tribunals in Washington, DC, and Paris.
 * Robert Leonard knows how to speak and read several varieties of Swahili, as well as French and Spanish. He knows how to read Italian, and has structural knowledge of Giriama, Kamba, Rabai, Pokomo (Kenya); Shona (Zimbabwe); Thai, and Arabic.
 * Elaborate upon his work with his band Sha Na Na (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/15colli.html ,http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2010/09/sha_na_na_alumni_gather_for_ny.html, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/07/AR2006050700925.html)
 * Edited version of the current paragraph: While working on his undergraduate degree at Columbia University, Leonard, along with his brother George was a part of the school's a cappella group. In 1969, the doo-wop band Sha Na Na was born when George suggested changing the style of the group to a faux Brooklyn thug style, with slicked back hair and white shirts. Leonard, the bass singer of the band, sang lead on “Teen Angel” when the band opened for their friend Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. Leonard was rated by TIME magazine as the second smartest rock star in history: "[He] opened for Jimi Hendrix [at Woodstock]…but music stardom held little appeal for Leonard, who traded limousines and gold-lamé suits to pursue studies in linguistics." Leonard spent two years with the band, until he stopped age 21. He did so in order to further his education and passion, linguistics, with a fellowship at Columbia Graduate School.
 * Career: Michelle (http://www.robertleonardassociates.com/PDF/leonard_cv.pdf ,https://www.lawline.com/faculty/dr-robert-a-leonard)
 * He has been featured in TV shows like Dr. Phil, Forensic Files, Nightline, and Investigation Discovery.
 * Advised the FBI BAU on their Communicated Threat Assessment Database (CTAD) and trained agents in forensic linguistic techniques. He has also trained and consulted agencies throughout the US, Canada, and the UK.
 * Add part on his contributions to Forensic linguistics (http://www.hofstralawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/BB.5.Leonard-et-al.NEW_.pdf, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/23/words-on-trial)
 * Speak about his contributions to the COLEMAN TRIPLE HOMICIDE case, Natalee Holloway case, and PAVATT AND ANDREW case, as well as his work on the Apple suits with Ronald Butters.
 * His clients include Apple, Inc., Facebook, the Prime Minister of Canada NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force, and the U.S. Dept of Justice.
 * His clients include Apple, Inc., Facebook, the Prime Minister of Canada NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force, and the U.S. Dept of Justice.

Add following paragraph:

Career
Robert A. Leonard has assisted in solving many cases. These are just a few of the cases he's worked on and how he helped solve them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-01uO3uTrgk Michelle Goldberg (talk) 04:13, 4 March 2018 (UTC) Michelle Goldberg (talk) 02:27, 22 March 2018 (UTC) Michelle Goldberg (talk) 17:14, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The Murder of JonBenet Ramsay: One of the factors that helped Leonard narrow down the list of suspects of who wrote the ransom note was dialect. There was a specific term used in the ransom note that is specific to Akron, Ohio "devil strip." This is how Leonard was able to figure out where the suspect originated from.
 * The Murder of Charlene Hummert: One of the ways that Leonard figured out that the letters from the stalker and killer of Charlene Hummert were actually from the same person was by investigation the use of contractions in these letters. He found that positive statements were contracted some of the time and negative statements were never contracted. After comparing this characteristic to Charlene's husband's (Brian) writing, it was clear that he was the murderer.
 * The Facebook Murders: One of the specific linguistic features that led Leonard to discover the killer was the idiosyncratic use of quotation marks. When writing a quotation, one quotation mark was used at the beginning of the quotation but two were used at the end.
 * Featured on many TV shows such as The Forensic Files: A Tight Leash, Uncovering the Truth​: Byron Case and Michael Politte Exoneration Cases on MTV, and Too Pretty to Live: The Catfishing Murders of East Tennessee​ on Investigation Discovery.

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