John Leighton Lawyer Reviews & Ratings - Coral Gables

John Leighton Bio
John Leighton is a nationally recognized board certified personal injury trial lawyer. He represents people who have been injured and families who have lost loved ones due to the negligence of others.. Specializing in serious personal injury and wrongful death from car and truck crashes, medical malpractice, violent crime/negligent security, sex abuse, nursing home, defective products, plane crashes, cruise ships, resort and water sport incidents, he also handles legal malpractice and other complex civil litigation in all state and federal courts.. Mr. Leighton has obtained some of the largest verdicts and settlements in Florida, including recent verdicts of $49 million, $24.3 million, $24.1 million and $7.4 million. Some of these verdicts and settlements have been record-setting and award-winning.. His focus is on obtaining the very best result for his clients.  As a trial lawyer, he brings to his clients the skills he teaches around the country to other lawyers.  He has lectured and taught attorneys in over a dozen states, and has published books and articles on personal injury litigation and trial skills.  He is often asked by news organizations to comment on issued related to catastrophic injury cases, including CNN, NBC News, Today show, Inside Edition and many others.. He has been repeatedly selected for "The Best Lawyers in America (15 consecutive years)," "Top 100" by Florida SuperLawyers, Florida Trend magazine "Legal Elite," South Florida Legal Guide "Top Lawyer," and Orlando Style "Legal Elite."  He holds a Martindale-Hubbell "A-V" pre-eminent rating and is past Chairman of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's Motor Vehicle, Highway and Premises Liability Section. He is chairman of the Academy of Trial Advocacy and chairman of the Inadequate Security Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice.. As leader in crime victim rights, he serves as President of The National Crime Victim Bar Association and is the author of the 2 volume textbook Litigating Premises Security Cases (West, 2006), the most comprehensive treatise on litigating negligent security cases. Leighton also teaches crime victim advocates about the civil justice system and publishes in the field of negligent premises security and sexual abuse and assault. He is a Diplomate of Trial Advocacy by the National College of Advocacy and often teaches trial skills to trial lawyers throughout the country, including recently at Harvard Law School at ATLA's Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course, where he served on the faculty.