The DiLeone Law Group, P.C., a Raleigh-based law firm concentrating in business, corporate and estate planning matters for U.S. and international clients, has announced that Ralph DiLeone, the firm’s managing partner, has been sworn in and officially admitted as a member of the United States Supreme Court. DiLeone was sworn in and received by the Supreme Court on Nov. 13, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
DiLeone has been practicing law since 1984. Prior to establishing The DiLeone Law Group, P.C., he served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Swifty Serve Corporation, Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc., was an attorney for Manning, Fulton & Skinner PA in Raleigh, NC, and Mcdonald, Hopkins, Burke, and Haber Co. LPA, and Calfee, Halter and Guswold, LLP in Cleveland, Ohio. Active in civic and charitable organizations, he is serving on the membership council for Capital City Club, the advisory council to the Assistance League of Raleigh and the advisory boards for several companies. DiLeone obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Case Western Reserve University in 1977 and received his Juris Doctor cum laude from the University Of Toledo College Of Law in 1984. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he resides in Raleigh with his wife, Bonnie, and their son, Daniel.
“My admission to the Supreme Court was an amazing moment in my life and legal career,” said DiLeone. “It is an achievement that all lawyers aspire to, and I am very proud of reaching this milestone. Being in the presence of seven of the nine Justices was incredibly humbling.”