Leighton Law
1401 Brickell Avenue, Suite 900, Miami, FL 33131, Phone 305.347.3151  Fax 305.675.0123
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Leighton Law is a personal injury law firm which represents individuals who have been seriously injured or lost loved ones due to the negligence of others. Founding partner John Elliott Leighton is a Florida Bar board certified civil trial lawyer with 24 years of experience in litigating and trying complex and catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death, medical malpractice, violent crime/negligent premises security, trucking and motor vehicle crash, nursing home neglect, product liability, aviation disaster, cruise ship and maritime, commercial litigation and other civil cases in all state and federal courts.
Having obtained some of the most significant verdicts and settlements in Florida, Mr. Leighton is recognized as one of the leading trial lawyers in Florida, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Leighton’s accomplishments are further recognized by his election to Florida SuperLawyers™ each year, as well as Florida Trend Magazine’s Florida Legal Elite™ and the “Top Lawyers” in the South Florida Legal Guide.

Mr. Leighton is an accomplished lecturer and author, and has taught lawyers in over a dozen states. He is the author of the leading book, Litigating Premises Security Cases (Thomson-West) and has published numerous articles in Trial magazine. Mr. Leighton is the Chairman of The Academy of Trial Advocacy, a national invitation-only association of leading catastrophic injury trial lawyers. He also chairs the Inadequate Security Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice/Association of Trial Lawyers of America and sits on the board of trustees of the National College of Advocacy. He is past Chairman of the Association of Trial Lawyers Motor Vehicle, Highway and Premises Liability Section.

John Leighton selected to Top 100 in Florida SuperLawyers
06-22-2009

Leighton selected as top 100 Florida SuperLawyerTM for 2009.

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Leighton obtains $3 million for victim of medical malpractice
05-22-2009

John Elliott Leighton obtains a $3 million recovery for the family of a Citrus County woman who was killed by medical malpractice.

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Hotel Crimes Increase With Recession
05-18-2009

A new article in USA Today states that hotel crimes have increased with the recession. 

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