About Jeffrey Leonard

Jeff is a partner with the firm and works out of the firm’s Birmingham and Atlanta offices. He is licensed to practice law in Alabama and Georgia. He primarily represents clients in commercial, catastrophic injury and complex civil litigation throughout the country.  Jeff has participated in numerous jury trials, obtained jury verdicts and mid-trial settlements, and recovered tens of millions of dollars for his individual clients and corporate clients. Jeff graduated cum laude from Wake Forest University School of Law in 2001, where he served as Executive Editor of The Wake Forest Law Review and was selected to the Order of the Coif honor society. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1997 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering.

After law school, Jeff lived in Atlanta and practiced at King & Spalding and Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, where he primarily represented large companies in civil litigation. Jeff returned to his hometown of Birmingham in 2009 and joined Heninger Garrison Davis.

Jeff brings significant litigation and trial skills to the firm. His practice focuses on representing individuals and businesses in civil litigation, including contract and commercial disputes, wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury, medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability and trucking/vehicle collision cases.  Jeff has extensive experience in class action litigation around the country.  He represents clients in corporate disputes, trade secret and intellectual property and securities cases, as well as FINRA securities cases.  He is also experienced in pharmaceutical, medical device and environmental litigation.  Jeff also handles Federal Tort Claim Act (FTCA) cases against the federal government and its agencies.  Jeff is also experienced with corporate bankruptcy, especially when used to avoid litigation and trial.

Jeff has litigated cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States, including: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin