Ira Leesfield

Named one of America'€™s Top Ten Trial Lawyers, founder and Managing Partner of Leesfield & Partners Ira Leesfield oversees four offices in Miami, Key West, South Beach and Winter Park, Florida. Ira Leesfield established Leesfield & Partners in the late 1970s, after having completed his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor at the University of Florida. Leesfield & Partners began with one office in Miami in 1976. Ira Leesfield opened the second Leesfield & Partners office in Key West in 1987. Ira Leesfield’s firm expanded to a third office on South Beach in 2007 and most recently in Central Florida.

Ira Leesfield’s commitment to his clients and his professional community has garnered him a number of awards and recognitions, including the Judge Learned Hand Award from the American Jewish Committee, the Jurisprudence Award from the Anti-Defamation League, and the Al J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Justice Association. As personal injury and wrongful death attorneys, Ira Leesfield and his associates at Leesfield & Partners are known for their willingness to accept challenging cases and draw on every resource to best serve their clients. Many of the cases Ira Leesfield and other lawyers at Leesfield & Partners have fought include personal injury/wrongful death, motor vehicle and transportation, road construction accidents, premises liability, aviation, inadequate premises security, maritime/boating/cruise ship liability, nursing home litigation, medical malpractice, and defective product cases. In the interest of its clients and colleagues, Leesfield & Partners publishes a newsletter, Petition, for the purpose of providing relevant, useful information about issues of safety, health, and the law. An archive of these newsletters can be found on the Leesfield & Partners website at www.leesfield.com

In addition to presiding over Leesfield & Partners, Ira Leesfield is a frequent lecturer for numerous bar associations throughout the country, such as American Association for Justice, Florid Justice Association, American Bar Association and others. Most recently, Ira Leesfield was a featured speaker at the New Jersey Association for Justice Board Walk Seminar, presenting “Jury Selection Blending New & Proven Techniques,”; “Case Selection and Client Screening: Winning Your Case With the First Interview,” given at The A