Bonnie Lepold
- Lecturer
Bonnie Lepold is a partner at Lepold & Freed, a Charlottesville-based law firm devoted to the trial and appellate representation of the criminally accused. In addition, Lepold also serves as a guardian ad litem for minors involved in custody, abuse and neglect, emancipation, and other family law/domestic relations matters.
Lepold’s representation of clients has included an array of charges and potential charges, including homicide, sex offenses, pornography, narcotics, child endangerment, DWI, abduction, assault, and various property and computer crimes. She has served as co-counsel for defendants facing the death penalty in both state and federal court and has extensive experience in the use of experts, including mental health professionals, in criminal trials and sentencing proceedings.
Previously, she also worked as an assistant prosecutor in the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office in Trenton, New Jersey.
Education
- J.D.Washington University School of Law1997
- B.A.Johns Hopkins University1994
Faculty in the News
John C. Jeffries Jr., George Floyd Trial Centers on Police Tactic That Is Hard to Prosecute (The Wall Street Journal)
Jennifer L. Givens, Deirdre M. Enright, Opinion: Virginia Must Bolster Access to Police Investigations (The Virginian-Pilot)
A. E. Dick Howard, Amending the Past (With Good Reason)
Megan T. Stevenson, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Public Briefing: The Civil Rights Implications of Cash Bail (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)
