Jeffrey Leonard | Birmingham Accident & Injury Lawyer

Jeff Leonard is the managing partner at The Leonard Law Firm, LLC. He is admitted to practice law in Alabama and Georgia. He graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2001, where he served as Executive Editor of The Wake Forest Law Review and was selected to The Order of Coif honor society. Before forming his own law firm, Jeff was a partner at Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC in Birmingham, Alabama. He previously practiced in Atlanta, Georgia at King & Spalding and Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough where he primarily represented large companies in civil litigation. Jeff has represented companies such as The Coca-Cola Company, Miller Brewing Company, Aon, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and The Chevron Corporation in complex, non-insurance defense cases.

Jeff's practice now focuses on representing individuals in civil litigation, including catastrophic personal injury, trucking and medical malpractice cases, contract and other commercial disputes, business torts, consumer class actions, pharmaceutical and medical device, products liability, and environmental litigation. Jeff has prosecuted and defended numerous class actions around the United States.

Jeff has litigated cases pending in state and federal courts, including multi-district litigation (MDL) proceedings, throughout the United States, including Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Wake Forest University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	2001
Vanderbilt University		B.E.	1997

State / Court	Date
Alabama	2009
Georgia	2001

• Member | Alabama State Bar Association
  Member | Georgia State Bar Association
  Member | Birmingham Bar Association
  Member | American Association for Justice
  Member | Alabama Association for Justice
  Member | Atlanta Bar Association

• 2015-Rising Star, Super Lawyers
  2014-AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
	May 06, 2025

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