LEONARD LEO IS AN AMERICAN LAWYER and co-Chairman of the Federalist Society. He was born in 1965 in Long Island, NY, and raised in suburban New Jersey. He is married with seven children and has long been a staunch Catholic. According to Leo watchdogs, his Catholicism is the key to his political activism. Leo is a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, (1) a Catholic lay organization with 12th-century roots. Leo is also linked to Opus Dei, (2) and sits on its board.