Christopher Leibig at a book signing for his novel, “Almost Mortal.” Photo Contributed
Christopher Leibig is well versed in the business of law. He is listed as one of the top 20 criminal attorneys in the country and practices his profession in Alexandria and other jurisdictions hereabout.
Since 2010 to the present, the Leibig law firm had been listed by US News & World Report, Washington Magazine and Laws.com as one of the top 100 law firms.
His expertise in courtrooms and lecturing on the law internationally has embellished his literary endeavors.
Leibig is also a novelist. His latest mystery, “Almost Mortal” hit book stores in May. The writer has held book signings local and around the state. His publisher, John Koehler of Koehler Books, accepted on his behalf the 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards which was distributed in May at Book Expo America (BEA) in Chicago.
The Indie Book Award is for “Best Religious Fiction.” Leibig’s book is actually a crime novel that touches on religious history and the Bible. Historical characters such as Che Guevara and Fidel Castro appear in the book. It has been submitted for competition for the National Book Award and the Chanticleer Book Award for 2016.
“Almost Mortal” features a young public defender, Sam Young, planning to help a priest by keeping a confessed murderer from another serial killing.
Leibig earned his undergraduate degree at Georgetown (1992) and legal education at the College of William and Mary Law School. He served six years in the Alexandria public defender's office.
In his criminal practice he has defended 13 murder cases including five capital cases with only one going to trial.
His other books are “Saving Saddam” in 2008, republished in 2014 under its original title, “The Black Rabbit,” and “Montanamo” in 2010.
Leibig and other local attorneys have become popular lecturers on American law around the world. In April the team spoke at Aarhus University in Denmark. Lecturers included Leibig and Alexandria attorneys Joni Robin, Andrea Moseley, Cary Citronberg and Ellen Shultz. Shultz is an investigator for the Federal Public Defender in Alexandria. They discussed police shootings in the U.S., the death penalty, and presidential nominee Donald Trump’s immigration policy.
On Nov. 8, Election Day, the Alexandria attorneys will fly to Germany to discuss American criminal law and policy. They will speak at Humboldt University in Berlin. Humboldt University is the alma mater of Karl Marx, Otto Von Bismarck, and Albert Einstein.
The team has spoken to law students also in Scotland, Ireland, Trinidad, The Bahamas and Jamaica.