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John N. Leach, Jr.

Retired

Martindale-Hubbell Rating:
AV Preeminent

John N. Leach, JR. - Helmsing Law

Professional Experience

Having represented individuals and corporations in many high profile cases during his career, John Leach received high praise from clients, colleagues and judges for his integrity, professionalism, and courtroom advocacy.

Education

  • BA-Vanderbilt University (cum laude)
  • LLB-University of Virginia

Bar & Court Admissions

  • Alabama
  • United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Judicial Clerkship

Law Clerk to Honorable Virgil Pittman, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama

  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • American Judicature Society
  • The Maritime Law Association of the United States
  • Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • American, Alabama and Mobile Bar Association
  • Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation
  • Past President Mobile Bar Association
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers and Past State Chair
  • Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation
    American Board of Trial Advocates
    Alabama Super Lawyers (top fifty lawyers in Alabama)
  • Best Lawyers:
    • Commercial Litigation Lawyer of the Year in Alabama
    • Bet-the-Company Litigation
    • Litigation – Construction
    • Litigation – Environmental
    • Litigation – Real Estate
    • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Alabama Super Lawyers
  • Chambers and Partners
  • Benchmark Litigation
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