Ira H. Leesfield

Leesfield & Partners

Miami, FL

40+ Years Experience

Licensed in 9 States

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About Ira

Ira Leesfield is founder and managing partner of Leesfield & Partners. He is board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocates, a past President of the Florida Justice Association, and Senior Florida Governor of the American Association for Justice. He has received numerous awards including the Anti-Defamation League’s “Jurisprudence Award,” the “Melvin Belli Award,” and the Al J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also served on the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets.

Licensed States

Florida Alaska California Illinois Georgia Pennsylvania Arkansas New Jersey New York

Education

J.D.

University of Florida

LL.M. Program, Administrative Law

George Washington University Law Center

B.A.

University of Florida

Awards & Recognition

Judge Learned Hand Award

2010

Miracle Maker

2010

A. L. J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award

2004

Crystal Eagle Award

2003

Melvin Belli Award

2002

Professional Associations

National Board of Trial AdvocatesFlorida Justice AssociationAmerican Association for JusticeAmerican Bar FoundationMelvin M. Belli SocietyMaritime Law AssociationThe Florida Bar CLE CommitteeThe Roscoe Pound FoundationDade County Bar AssociationMonroe County Bar AssociationDade County Trial Lawyers AssociationNew York Bar AssociationTexas Trial Lawyers AssociationPennsylvania Trial Lawyers AssociationIllinois Trial Lawyers AssociationCalifornia Trial Lawyers AssociationNew Jersey Trial Lawyers AssociationFederal Bar AssociationAmerican Judicature SocietyAttorneys Information Exchange GroupThe Florida Bar CLE Personal Injury SectionATLA Long Range Planning CommitteeTrial Lawyers Section of The Florida BarFlorida Constitution Revision CommissionFederal Judicial Bar and Community Liaison Committee ("JBCLC")Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United StatesAmerican Bar AssociationAcademy of Florida Trial LawyersAmerican Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)National Committee for Prevention of Child AbuseFlorida Committee to Prevent Child Abuse