John Elliott Leighton Re-Elected Chairman, Inadequate Security Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice [July 28, 2010]

John Elliott Leighton, managing partner of Leighton Panoff Law, P.A. was re-elected Chairman of the Inadequate Security Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice, an organization of lawyers dedicated to promoting a fair and effective justice system.

The re-election was announced July 26 in Vancouver, at the Association€™s Annual Convention, where Mr. Leighton gave a presentation entitled: “Terrorism as an Inadequate Security Case.”

During the same week, Mr. Leighton gave a presentation on “Dealing with the Violent Criminal in Civil Cases” for the Melvin Belli Society Annual Seminar. The Society’s purpose is to promote the international exchange of ideas among lawyers through meetings and education.

This appointment follows a previous announcement of Mr. Leighton’s re-election to a fourth term as Chairman of The Academy of Trial Advocacy, an invitation-only association of the nation’s leading catastrophic injury trial lawyers.

Inadequate Security agenda – AAJ Vancouver July 2010