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Our trial lawyers rank among the top attorneys in Florida and nationwide in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, airplane crashes, car accidents, cruise line injuries, product defects, medical malpractice, and nursing home litigation. For a complete and detailed list of the firm's areas of expertise, please visit our Practice Areas section.
As Miami, Florida personal injury lawyers, our job is to help our clients recover for their loss. Your case is important to us. Your future and our reputation depend on the outcome. Our attorneys and staff vigorously and aggressively fight to hold those responsible for causing an injury or death accountable for their actions. We have the resources, skills, and experience to take on any individual or corporation, frequently handling cases against powerful interests and big business.
Since its beginnings in 1976, Leesfield & Partners, P.A. has established a reputation as one of the leading personal injury firms in Miami, South Beach and Key West Florida, and nationwide by working tirelessly on behalf of our clients. When our attorneys represent you, you have a team of dedicated professionals on your side. We will fight for you.
We do not charge for consultations, whether by e-mail, telephone, or in person. We primarily represent our clients on a contingency fee basis, which means you do not pay any attorneys' fees unless we win.
The primary complaint about attorneys is that they fail to return telephone calls and keep their clients informed. We never want to hear such a complaint from you or any of our clients. Your telephone calls will be returned promptly and you will be kept up to date on the status of your case.
To contact one of our experienced trial lawyers call our Miami, Florida law office today at 800-836-6400 or click here for a free and full case evaluation.
He was honored by the Florida Region of American ORT as the first recipient in Florida of the “American ORT Jurisprudence Award” for his lifetime of dedication to his profession, his nation and his community, and recognizing his outstanding initiative in prosecuting cases that benefit public interest. He was also awarded the “2002 Melvin Belli Award” for outstanding practitioner of advocacy and for exercising extraordinary initiative in prosecuting cases that benefit public interest.
In 2004, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers recognized his lifetime achievement by awarding the A l J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award for his life-long crusade in helping the less fortunate and his commitment to preserving our civil justice system. He was nominated as "Lawyer of the Year" by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, after he obtained a $19.8 million verdict in a defective product case, and selected as one of America’s Top Ten Trial Lawyers.
He has published extensively in the area of trial strategy and has appeared on numerous nightly news programs including Ted Koeppel Night Line. He is the past Chair of The Florida Bar CLE Committee; serves as a life member of The Roscoe Pound Foundation; and is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law. In 1989 he was appointed as Chair of the Third District Court of Appeals Judicial Nominating Committee, and in 1995 Governor Chiles reappointed him for a second term. In 1993, he was appointed by President Clinton to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. In 1998, he served as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission. In 1998, President Clinton appointed him to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets.
Mr. Leesfield has twice been awarded the prestigious Wiedman Wysocki medal for outstanding advocacy. He is a Life Member of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Leesfield was the keynote speaker at the Florida Supreme Court Justices Teaching Institute in Tallahassee, Florida where top educators from around the State of Florida convene annually for an intensive study of the judicial system.
Recipient of the 2003 Crystal Eagle Award of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, in recognition for his exceptional generosity on behalf of Florida's families. He is President of the Melvin M. Belli Society. In the 2007 legislative session, Ira worked closely with FJA in obtaining passage of Senate Bill 1822 mandating carbon monoxide detectors in public accommodations arising from injuries to multiple clients at a Key West hotel.






