Ira H Leesfield

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Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer - National Board of Legal Specialty Certification

Ira H Leesfield
Leesfield Leighton & Partners
2350 S Dixie Hwy
Miami FL 33133
Tel: 305 854-4900; 800 836-6400
Fax: 305 854-8266
E-mail: Leesfield@leesfield.com

Ira Leesfield is the senior and managing partner of Leesfield & Partners, P.A., with offices in Miami, Key West and South Beach. He is board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocates and now serves as board member of the certification board; a past President of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers; an EAGLE Patron; and now serves as Senior Florida Governor of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America serving over 20 years. Mr. Leesfield received the Anti-Defamation League’s prestigious “ 2001 Jurisprudence Award.” He was honored by the Florida Region of American ORT as the first recipient in Florida of the “American ORT Jurisprudence Award” for his lifetime of dedication to his profession, his nation and his community, and recognizing his outstanding initiative in prosecuting cases that benefit public interest. He was also awarded the “2002 Melvin Belli Award” for outstanding practitioner of advocacy and for exercising extraordinary initiative in prosecuting cases that benefit public interest. In 2004, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers recognized his lifetime achievement by awarding the Al J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award for his life-long crusade in helping the less fortunate and his commitment to preserving our civil justice system. He was nominated as "Lawyer of the Year" by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, after he obtained a $19.8 million verdict against Honda Corp., and selected as one of America’s Top Ten Trial Lawyers. He has published extensively in the area of trial strategy and has appeared on numerous nightly news programs including Ted Koeppel Night Line. He is the past Chair of The Florida Bar CLE Committee; serves as a life member of The Roscoe Pound Foundation; and is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law. In 1989 he was appointed as Chair of the Third District Court of Appeals Judicial Nominating Committee, and in 1995 Governor Chiles reappointed him for a second term. In 1993, he was appointed by President Clinton to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. In 1998, he served as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission. In 1998, President Clinton appointed him to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets. Mr. Leesfield has twice been awarded the prestigious Wiedman Wysocki medal for outstanding advocacy. He is a Life Member of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Leesfield was the keynote speaker at the Florida Supreme Court Justices Teaching Institute in Tallahassee, Florida where top educators from around the State of Florida convene annually for an intensive study of the judicial system. Recipient of the 2003 Crystal Eagle Award of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, in recognition for his exceptional generosity on behalf of Florida's families. He is President of the Melvin M. Belli Society. In the 2007 legislative session, Ira worked closely with FJA in obtaining passage of Senate Bill 1822 mandating carbon monoxide detectors in public accommodations arising from injuries to multiple clients at a Key West hotel.