The Honorable Grady J. Leupold received his Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Florida College of Law in Gainesville, Florida, in 2000, and served as a member of the Law Review. Judge Leupold graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1997.

In April of 2023, Judge Leupold was appointed to the federal bench as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Washington (WDWA). Prior to joining the bench, Judge Leupold served as a Supervising Attorney and General Crimes Unit Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) for the Western District of Washington’s U.S. Attorney’s Office, after joining the Office in 2014. Between 2011 and 2014, Judge Leupold represented the Department of Justice as an AUSA in the Southern District of Texas.

In 2024, Judge Leupold retired as a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel after 20 years of active duty and reserve service. Between 2003 and 2010, Judge Leupold was an active-duty Judge Advocate in the Office of the Judge Advocate General, U.S. Army, and was initially stationed at Fort Drum, NY, where he twice deployed to Afghanistan. Judge Leupold was later assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

As an Army Reserve Judge Advocate, Judge Leupold served as a Military Judge from 2019 to 2023. He also taught criminal law as an adjunct professor at the Judge Advocate General’s Corps Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. Between 2011 and 2016, Judge Leupold defended soldiers as a Trial Defense Services attorney.

Judge Leupold also briefly represented the Washington State Attorney General’s Office as an Assistant Attorney General. Judge Leupold began his legal career as a commercial litigator at Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP, in 2000.

Judge Leupold currently serves as co-chair and one of the two presiding U.S. Magistrate Judges for the WDWA PATHWAY mental health court. Judge Leupold also serves as the co-chair for the WDWA Bench Bar Committee for Security Disability Appeals.