About Mays & Rotenberg
Founded in 2015 by two former Berks County Assistant District Attorneys, Mays & Rotenberg brings prosecutorial insight and courtroom experience to the defense of clients throughout Reading, Wyomissing, and Berks County.
Meet Todd & Leah
Both attorneys began their careers in the Berks County District Attorney's Office. That experience — understanding cases from the prosecution's perspective — is what sets Mays & Rotenberg apart.
Todd Allen Reiner Mays
Attorney at Law — Criminal Defense, DUI & Family Law
Todd Mays is a founding partner of Mays & Rotenberg and a skilled advocate in criminal defense, DUI defense, and family law matters throughout Berks County. Before entering private practice, Todd served as an Assistant District Attorney in Berks County, where he prosecuted a wide range of criminal matters and developed deep familiarity with the local courts, prosecutors, and judicial processes.
Todd is known for his creative, client-centered problem-solving. He takes the time to understand each client's individual goals — not just the legal outcome, but the personal and professional consequences that matter most to that person — and builds his defense strategy around them. Whether he is negotiating a resolution or trying a case before a jury, Todd brings careful preparation and genuine commitment to every matter he handles.
His experience on both sides of the criminal justice system gives him a perspective that is invaluable in crafting effective defense strategies. He knows how prosecutors build cases, what evidence they rely on most heavily, and where their cases are vulnerable to challenge.
Todd serves clients in Reading, Wyomissing, and throughout Berks County in criminal defense, DUI, and family law matters. He is admitted to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts.
Leah Rotenberg
Attorney at Law — Civil Litigation & Family Law
Leah Rotenberg is a founding partner of Mays & Rotenberg with a practice focused on civil litigation and family law. Prior to founding the firm, Leah served as a Berks County Assistant District Attorney, where she developed a specialty in crimes involving family violence and intimate partner abuse — an area that gave her rare insight into the intersection of criminal and civil legal issues that families face.
Leah's trial experience spans complex civil and criminal matters across multiple proceedings. She is a skilled appellate advocate, with experience briefing and arguing appeals in Pennsylvania's appellate courts. Her approach combines rigorous legal analysis with genuine empathy — she understands that the matters her clients bring to her often represent some of the most difficult periods of their lives, and she treats each case accordingly.
In civil litigation, Leah represents both plaintiffs and defendants in business disputes, contract claims, and personal injury matters, bringing the same intensity to civil matters that she brought to the prosecution of serious criminal cases. In family law, her background handling intimate partner violence cases informs a deep understanding of the legal and human dimensions of divorce, custody, and protection order proceedings.
Leah is admitted to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts and serves clients throughout Berks County and the surrounding region.
Built on Berks County Experience
Todd and Leah began their legal careers on the same side — as prosecutors committed to seeking justice in Berks County courts. After years of working alongside each other in the District Attorney's Office, they recognized that the skills, knowledge, and relationships they had built could serve clients even more powerfully from the defense side.
They founded Mays & Rotenberg in 2015 with a simple premise: clients facing serious legal challenges deserve attorneys who truly understand how the other side thinks. Not just in theory — but from years of sitting at the prosecutor's table, reviewing the same evidence, making the same arguments, and knowing the same judges.
Today, Mays & Rotenberg operates from its office in Wyomissing, serving clients throughout the Reading area and Berks County with the same dedication to thorough preparation and honest counsel that has defined the firm since its founding.
What Sets Us Apart
Client-Focused
We take time to understand what matters most to you — not just the legal outcome, but the personal, professional, and financial consequences. Your goals guide our strategy from start to finish.
Courtroom Veterans
Both attorneys have tried hundreds of contested proceedings in Berks County — first as prosecutors, now as defense counsel. We are not intimidated by trial, and our opponents know it.
Committed to Berks County
We live and work in this community. We know the local courts, the local procedures, and the people involved in the justice system here. That local knowledge is a genuine advantage for our clients.