Leatherman served as executive director of the Consumer Protection Office from 1996-2016 and continues to work in that division. He serves as Attorney General Andy Beshear’s representative on a number of multistate executive committees involving for-profit schools. Leatherman served on the Executive Committee of the EDMC multistate. He represented Kentucky in the Daymar College case which secured more than $12.4 million in financial redress for Kentucky consumers and the appointment of a compliance monitor for a period of two years. He also represents the Commonwealth in other ongoing lawsuits and investigations involving for-profit schools regarding advertising and other issues. Leatherman earned his B.A in History from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1985 and received his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1988.