Attorney Profile
Leonard C. Leicht
Areas of Practice
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Overview
Leonard concentrates his practice in defending significant commercial motor vehicle, personal injury, employment, civil rights and professional liability matters. He has tried numerous cases to verdict in the state and federal courts and is recognized by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Leonard has held this designation since 2004.
Highly experienced in trucking law, Leonard handles all aspects of trucking litigation matters, from Carmack claims to the most complicated and significant bodily injury claims. In addition to his New Jersey based practice, Leonard has also handled trucking cases in state and federal courts in other jurisdictions, pro hac vice, and also provides specialized non-litigation legal services to his trucking and transportation clientele in labor and contractual matters.
Leonard represents multiple trucking and transportation clients directly, and often at the request of their insurance carriers. He has represented trucking clientele before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the U.S. National Labor Relations Board. In addition to trucking, Leonard handles traumatic injury matters in litigation involving elevators, escalators and walkways representing contractors and building maintenance.
In addition, Leonard has handled precedent-setting appellate matters before New Jersey Appellate Division, and also represented the defendant in Johnson v. Braddy Trucking before the New Jersey Supreme Court. He has also successfully argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Leonard regularly represents clients in administrative, disciplinary and labor hearings. He also often serves as a mediator and arbitrator at the request of his colleagues.
Named among The Best Lawyers in America® for Transportation Law, Leonard has also been recognized as a Top 100 Super Lawyer in New Jersey five times.
Results
Spigai v. Live Nation Worldwide, Inc., No. A-4242-16T4, 2019 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 81 (App. Div. Jan. 11, 2019)
Department of Cmty. Affairs v. Hansen House, LLC, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2190 (App. Div. 2017)
Somers v. Home Props. Regency Club, LLC, 2011 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 2375 (App. Div. 2011), certif. denied, 209 N.J. 98 (2012)
Dique v. NJ State Police, 603 F.3d 181 (3d Cir. 2010)
Nevins v. Muldoon, 2008 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1413 (App. Div.), certif. denied, 197 N.J. 13 (2008)
Curley v. Klem, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8606 (D.N.J. 2006), aff’d, 499 F.3d 199 (3d. Cir. 2007)
Johnson v. Braddy Trucking, 376 N.J. Super. 215, 890 A.2d 944 (App. Div. 2005), aff’d, 186 N.J. 40, 869 A.2d 964 (2006)
Thought Leadership
Rules of the Trucking Industry: Staying on Track!, Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA) Annual Conference - Virtual, June 24th, 2021
"Confronting the Creative Plaintiff in Trucking and Transportation Litigation," AM Best Insurance Law Podcast, February 9, 2021
Do Not Be a Victim - Lessons Learned from the Pilot Flying J Rebate Scheme – Transportation and Logistics Council Annual Meeting, 2014
Distinguishing Between Lease and Sub-Hauler Agreements – How to Minimize Carrier Liability – Transportation and Logistics Council Annual Meeting, 2012
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Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, 2004