team-member

James Leonard

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Licensed for 40 years

Law Degree

Awards

Primary Practice Area

Car Accident

Language

English

About

James P. Leonard was born and raised in St. Louis. He attended St. Louis Priory High School and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Notre Dame. He returned home to St. Louis for law school, graduating from Washington University School of Law in 1981. He and his wife, Donna, have been married more than 25 years and have four children. Jim began the practice of law in Belleville, Illinois, primarily representing defendants in civil actions involving automobile and truck collisions, automobile defects, railroad injuries, medical negligence, legal malpractice, and defective prescription drugs. In 1986 he joined the St. Louis law firm of Padberg, McSweeney, Slater, & Merz, primarily representing injured people. Jim joined Devereaux, Stokes, Nolan, Fernandez & Leonard in 2005 and has continued to represent injured people throughout Missouri and Illinois. He is a member of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys and the American Association for Justice.During his career, Jim has obtained numerous million dollar settlements and jury awards in cases arising from truck collisions, medical negligence, defective products, and industrial accidents. In addition, he has successfully handled dozens of appeals before the Missouri Supreme Court and various Courts of Appeal in Missouri and Illinois. He is a frequent lecturer on trial techniques, negligence law, and appellate practice.

Practices Areas

Car Accident

Medical Malpractice

Personal Injury

Language

English

Contact

Devereaux Stokes Nolan133 S 11 Th St Ste 350Saint Louis, MO, 63102-1140

Office: N/A

Website: N/A

Reviews

Mary
December 5, 2018

Signed contract with Mr Leonard in November 2017 after suffering stroke following cervical disk replacement. Also suffers a scar in my airway which requires hospital procedure to keep my airway open. The surgery was performed by Dr Wilson Ray at Barnes Hospital on January 3, 2017. After waiting 10 months with no news I contacted mr Leonard who stated he had submitted my medical records to two experts for review. He told me on the phone that Dr Ray was negligent causing my stroke by misplaced plate in my neck. He said he was filing the case because the statute of limitations expired January 2019. I was contacted by Mr Leonard’s assistant a month later who requested my MRI from before the surgery. Then on November 6, 2018 I received a letter from Mr Leonard stating that the three EXPERT witnesss he had review my records would not sign my case so he could not file it. Mr Leonard told me to contact another attorney IMMEDIATELY if I wanted to pursue the case. I contacted several other attorneys but was told the time frame was too short for them to work on the case since the statuary if limitations expired this January. Mr Leonard also informed me that his daughter was a physician at Barnes hospital.

Mary
December 5, 2018

Signed contract with Mr Leonard in November 2017 after suffering stroke following cervical disk replacement. Also suffers a scar in my airway which requires hospital procedure to keep my airway open. The surgery was performed by Dr Wilson Ray at Barnes Hospital on January 3, 2017. After waiting 10 months with no news I contacted mr Leonard who stated he had submitted my medical records to two experts for review. He told me on the phone that Dr Ray was negligent causing my stroke by misplaced plate in my neck. He said he was filing the case because the statute of limitations expired January 2019. I was contacted by Mr Leonard’s assistant a month later who requested my MRI from before the surgery. Then on November 6, 2018 I received a letter from Mr Leonard stating that the three EXPERT witnesss he had review my records would not sign my case so he could not file it. Mr Leonard told me to contact another attorney IMMEDIATELY if I wanted to pursue the case. I contacted several other attorneys but was told the time frame was too short for them to work on the case since the statuary if limitations expired this January. Mr Leonard also informed me that his daughter was a physician at Barnes hospital.

Mary
December 5, 2018

Signed contract with Mr Leonard in November 2017 after suffering stroke following cervical disk replacement. Also suffers a scar in my airway which requires hospital procedure to keep my airway open. The surgery was performed by Dr Wilson Ray at Barnes Hospital on January 3, 2017. After waiting 10 months with no news I contacted mr Leonard who stated he had submitted my medical records to two experts for review. He told me on the phone that Dr Ray was negligent causing my stroke by misplaced plate in my neck. He said he was filing the case because the statute of limitations expired January 2019. I was contacted by Mr Leonard’s assistant a month later who requested my MRI from before the surgery. Then on November 6, 2018 I received a letter from Mr Leonard stating that the three EXPERT witnesss he had review my records would not sign my case so he could not file it. Mr Leonard told me to contact another attorney IMMEDIATELY if I wanted to pursue the case. I contacted several other attorneys but was told the time frame was too short for them to work on the case since the statuary if limitations expired this January. Mr Leonard also informed me that his daughter was a physician at Barnes hospital.