George G. Leynaud
Managing Partner
Email: george@leynaudlaw.com
Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Mediation; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists; Workers Compensation; Criminal Felony; DUI; Traffic; Real Estate; Business Litigation; Insurance; Medical Malpractice; Zoning Law; Land Use.
Admitted: 1983, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Central and Northern Districts of Illinois including Trial Bar
Law School: Thomas M. Cooley School of Law, J.D., 1983; Pepperdine University, School of Law, Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mediation Training Program, 2005
College: Marquette University; Bradley University, B.S., 1980
Member: Illinois State (Member: Capital Counsel Team, Grass Roots Lobbying, Insurance Law Section; Tort Law Section; Insurance Law Section Council, 2000-2006; Secretary, Chairman, June 2005-; Ex-Officio, June 2006-; Tort Law Section Counsel, 2002-; Secretary, 2007-; Assembly Member, 13th Judicial Circuit, 2001-; Member, Election Committee, 2004-) and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Illinois Bar Foundation.
Biography: Listed in: Who's Who in American Law, 1991; America's Leading Lawyers, 1993. Author: "Is an Excluded Driver Really Excluded?," Illinois State Bar Association, Tort Trends, Dec. 2002, Vol. 38, No. 2.; "Duty to Defend- No Separate Bodily Injury," Illinois State Bar Association, The Policy, May 2006, Vol. 50, No. 4. Lecturer: Housing Law, Illinois Association of Housing Authorities; "Void Provisions of Insurance Policies," Illinois State Bar Association Annual Meeting, June 2003; "Anatomy of an Automobile Case","Defense of Complicity," Law Ed Series, May 2004; "Hot Topics in Tort," "Insurance Coverage Issues," Law Ed Series, May 2006. Coordinator and Moderator, Law Ed Series, "Insurance Law: "Everything You Want To Know and Should Ask," October and November, 2006. Coordinator, Moderator and Lecturer, "Tort Law, Back to the Basics," Law Ed. Series, February 2007. Lecturer: "Arbitration of Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims," November 2006. Coordinator, Moderator and Lecturer, Law Ed Series, "The Necessary Basics, Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist Coverage," ISBA Annual Meeting, June 2007. Member, Secretary-Treasurer, 1984-1986, President Elect, 1986-1987, President, 1987-1988 and Secretary, 1995, LaSalle County. Vice-President and Member, Board of Education, District 120, LaSalle-Peru Township High School, 1995-1997.
Reported Cases: People v. Finley, 568 N.E.2d 412, 154 Ill.Dec. 412, 209 Ill. App.3d 968 (1991); In re: The Marriage of Hall, 215 ILL. Dec. 419, 633 N.E. 2d 430 (1996).
Transactions: Largest Recovery Obtained (1.15 million dollars) for loss of society damages for single person with no dependants under Wrongful Death Act, Circuit Court of Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Bureau County, Illinois.
Born: Peru, Illinois, April 28, 1958
ISLN: 905455257
