Michael Jay Leizerman
The Law Firm for Truck Safety
3450 W Central Avenue, Suite 328
Toledo OH 43606
800.628.4500
michael@truckaccidents.com

Licensed in: OH, MI, TN, IL, NY

Education:
Law school: University of Toledo College of Law, 1994
Undergraduate degrees: University of Michigan, A.B., 1991

Martindale-Hubbell and other legal ratings:
Board Certified/re-certified Civil Trial Advocate (NBTA)
Martindale Hubbell rating - AV Preeminent
SuperLawyer
Avvo rating - 10 Superb
The Best Lawyers in America
Top 100 Lawyers (National Trial Lawyers Association)
Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Trucking specific organizations and leadership positions and awards:

• Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys,Founding Chairman
• American Association for Justice (AAJ)
  Founding Chairman, Trucking Litigation Group 2002-03
  Executive Board member 2002-present
  Chair’s award 2012, 2013, 2017
  Public Affairs co-chair 2014-present
• Author, Litigating Truck Accident Cases, West Publishing, 2005 (3 volume treatise plus annual updates)
• Author, Finding Insurance in Truck Crash Cases, Trial magazine, February 2008 (peer reviewed)

Law Organizations and leadership and awards:

• American Bar Association, Member
• Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Member
• Ohio Association of Justice, member and President’s Award 2015
• Toledo Bar Association
  Past Appointment to Grievance Committee
  Appointment to Committee on Character and Fitness - Bar Admissions
  Past appointment to Ethics Advisory Committee
  Past appointment to Grievance Investigation Committee
• Toledo Area Trial Lawyers, Past President
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Member

Notable Results: 

• $5.2 million (Oregon)—First punitive damages verdict in the U.S. against a truck broker for negligent hiring
• $34 million (Ohio)—Settlement of a significant injury claim against a tractor trailer driver and company
• $13.2 million (Arizona)—Wrongful death consortium claim for a mother and father against a tractor trailer driver and company
• $16 million (Ohio)--Wrongful death consoritum verdict in a truck/construction zone case