Lawyer Overview

As lead and co-counsel in cases involving personal injury and wrongful death, John R. Leach III has tried more than 50 cases to verdict, including several in which he successfully represented clients in airline-disaster suits against American Eagle, USAir and ValuJet. In Peterson v. Shields, Mr. Leach successfully persuaded the Texas Supreme Court to change the law concerning informed consent. He has been responsible for several appeals to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Texas Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Texas.

Mr. Leach received his Juris Doctorate with honors from the South Texas College of Law in 1980. Among his many academic achievements were his receipt of the law school's George T. Barrow Award for the Student Most Likely to Become an Outstanding Attorney, along with the Dean's Student Service Award. Additional achievements include the John Foster Dulles Prize for Best Speaker of the International Moot Court Contest's national round.

He has served as an adjunct professor of law and on the Board of Trustees for the South Texas College of Law. He is also the author of several papers, including Evaluating the Bad Faith Case from the Plaintiff's Perspective and Evaluating the Wrongful Death Case from the Plaintiff's Perspective.

Representative Clients

• Victims of air crashes involving American Eagle
• Victims of air crashes involving USAir
• Victims of air crashes involving ValuJet

Representative Cases

• Gilbert v. Western Waste
• Peterson v. Shields

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1980
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

Certification/Specialties

• Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1986

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Houston Bar Association (Member)
• State Bar of Texas (Member)
• Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• South Texas College of Law (Adjunct Professor, Board of Trustees)

Education

• South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, 1980
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: George T. Barrow Award
  Honors: Dean's Student Service Award
  Honors: John Foster Dulles Prize for Best Speaker, International Moot Court Contest
• Allegheny College, 1972
  B.A.

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Published Works

• Evaluating the Bad Faith Case from the Plaintiff's Perspective
• Evaluating the Wrongful Death Case from the Plaintiff's Perspective

Address

2300 Lyric Centre Building
440 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002

Phones

(713) 223-1000

Faxes

(713) 222-6903

Emails

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Websites

http://www.oqlaw.com
http://www.oquinntruckaccidentlawyer.com