Steve Leshner is a Phoenix, Arizona accident injury trial lawyer. Our website is updated frequently and our weekly newsletter contains useful, up to the minute news you can use. If you need help with any type of accident, injury, medical malpractice, or product liability case, including Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex do not hesitate to contact us.

About Stephen I. Leshner:

Admitted To Bar:

• 1976: State Bar of Arizona
• 1977: U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
• 1980: U.S. Supreme Court
• 1981: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Education:

• J.D.: 1976, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA
• B.A.: 1973, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Professional Activities and Memberships:

• AV rated, Martindale Hubbell
• Maricopa County Superior Court
  1993-present: Judge Pro Tem
  1999-present: Civil Study Committee
  1999-present: Arbitration Committee
• Arizona Trial Lawyers Association
  1999-2000: President
  1998-1999: Vice President
  1997-1998: Treasurer
  1990-present: Board of Directors
  1989-present: Sustaining Member
• State Bar of Arizona
  1991-present: Certified Specialist, Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation
  1982-1995: Certified Specialist, Criminal Law
  1978-1980: Group and Prepaid Legal Services Committee
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Listed, "Who's Who in America", and "Who's Who in American Law", several editions

Reported Cases:

• Lane v. City of Tempe, 202 Ariz. 306, 44 P.3d. 986 (2002)
• Drucker v. Greater Phoenix Transportation, 197 Ariz. 41, 3 P.3d. 961
  (App. 1999)
• U.S. v. Begay, 42 F.3d. 486 (9th Cir. 1994)
• State Farm v. Dimmer, 160 Ariz. 453, 773 P.2d. 1012 (App. 1988)
• Chapin v. Klein, 128 Ariz. 94, 623 P.2d 1250 (App. 1981)

Seminar Papers and Presentations:

• March, 2005, National Business Institute, "Advanced Personal Injury Practice in Arizona", Phoenix, AZ
• March, 2005, Coconino County Bar Association, "Personal Injury Practice in Arizona", Flagstaff, AZ
• December, 2004, National Business Institute, "Plaintiff's Personal Injury From Start to Finish in Arizona", Phoenix, AZ   
• May, 2004, National Business Institute, "How to Litigate Your First Trial In Arizona", Phoenix, AZ
• March, 2004, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association,"Advanced Auto/Mediation/Arbitration", Phoenix, AZ
• December, 2003, National Business Institute, "Advanced Personal Injury Practice", Phoenix, AZ
• January, 2003, Maricopa County Bar Association, "Handling a Motor Vehicle Accident", Phoenix, AZ
• October, 2002, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, "Failure to Diagnose and Treat: Building Your Case, Understanding Imaging and Proving Causation", Las Vegas, NV
• June, 2002, National Business Institute, "Advanced Personal Injury Practice in Arizona", Phoenix, AZ
• April, 2002, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, "Practice Pointers", Phoenix, AZ
• June, 2001, Phoenix Trial Lawyers Association, "Voir Dire", Phoenix, AZ
• August, 2000, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Convention, "Dealing with the Defense Medical Examiner", Chicago, IL
• December, 1999, Women in Government Sixth Annual State Director's Conference, "States vs. Industry: Caucus Before Combat", Scottsdale, AZ
• October, 1999, Association of Trial Lawyers of America National College of Advocacy Voir Dire College, "Using the Information Learned in Voir Dire", Chandler, AZ
• October, 1999, Maricopa County Bar Association, "Personal Injury Practice", Phoenix, AZ
• March, 1999, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, "Low Impact/Soft Tissue and Good Results: Special Litigation Strategies for Winning Connective Tissue Cases", Phoenix, AZ
• July, 1997, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Annual Convention, "Proving and Maximizing Non-Economic Damages in Wrongful Death Cases", San Diego, CA
• November, 1995, Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, "Auto Litigation", Phoenix, AZ

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