Martin “Marty” B. Leewright is a Mediator, Litigation Attorney, Arbitrator and with degrees in Psychology and Sociology, extensive experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration, Litigation, Negotiation, Settlement, Criminal Prosecution; University Teaching and State Bar, Speaking, Authorship, Community, Educational and State Bar Leadership. Appointed 2011-2013, Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice to Task Force to write new Rules of Civil Procedure for the 800+ Courts; Honored by the Texas Supreme Court 2012 for “serving with distinction”. Special Award received from the Texas Justice Court Judges Association in 2015.
2008–Present, Attorney, Mediator, Arbitrator; Of Counsel, Bob Leonard Law Group, PLLC, Fort Worth, general civil law practice including highly-contested family law cases, numerous landlord-tenant cases and appeals, Justice Court – County Court – District Court litigation, vehicle collisions, consumer, contract, insurance, torts, civil litigation plaintiff and defense, etc. Representing landlords and tenants. Also Mediation and Arbitration; invited Mediator in In-Court Mediation Program, Tarrant County. Adjunct Professor of Conflict Resolution, Mediation and Juvenile Justice, Texas Christian University; Frequent Guest Speaker for Texas Justice Court Judges Association (12 Procedure and Legal Seminars 2011-2015); also guest speaker Texas A&M University School of Law, University of North Texas, Texas Woman’s University. Arbitrator for Attorney-Client Fee Arbitration cases for Tarrant County Bar Association. Previous referral
attorney for Texas Apartment Association; authored numerous articles on Landlord-Tenant legal issues.
2005-2007, Mediator & Attorney, Private general Mediation and Law Practice, of counsel to various firms, defense and prosecution of lawsuits in State and Federal Court,
reparation for litigation, arbitration; mediation, negotiation and settlement of various legal disputes. Counseled clients on legal issues. Statutory Mediation Trainer, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law and Texas Woman’s University.
2001-2005, Litigation Attorney, Erskine & McMahon, LLP, Longview & Marshall, Texas, prosecution and defense of lawsuits, tried numerous jury trials to successful jury verdicts, many in excess of previously demanded policy limits; represented numerous clients in mediation, depositions, litigation; negotiated and settled numerous lawsuits involving torts, employment, premises, injury, wrongful death, insurance, premises liability, contract, consumer, etc., numerous appearances in State and Federal courts. Handled substantial litigation cases, involving more than one million dollars.
1990-2000, Legal Advisor for Students, University of North Texas, Attorney and Mediator, advised and counseled on higher education legal matters, litigation; prosecution and defense of lawsuits; served on numerous leadership committees of a major university such as Sexual Harassment, Diversity, Dean Selection, FERPA, Campus Crime Reporting, ADA, etc. Instrumental in developing a university-wide Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (serving approximately 35,000 faculty, staff and students), Director, Pilot Mediation Program; mediated hundreds of disputes to efficient, amicable resolution; spoke to constituent groups regarding mediation and effective dispute resolution, negotiated with criminal prosecutors to avoid student/staff criminal records; published numerous legal articles, research; conducted statutory Mediation Trainer; authored numerous self-help legal booklets and an award winning legal services website; taught legal subjects including Personal Law, Business Law and Higher Education Law.
1987-1990, Attorney, Law Offices of Don R. Windle (Hon. Don R. Windle), Denton, Texas, prosecution and defense of lawsuits, mediation, general civil litigation, wrongful death, premises liability, and personal injury; firm merged with Hammerle & Associates, Denton and Lewisville, Texas.
1985-1987, Attorney and Criminal Prosecutor, Commissioned by the State of Texas, Williamson County, Texas, criminal prosecution of offenses against the peace and dignity of the State of Texas including juvenile prosecution, also represented Texas Department of Child Protective Services; special assignment as a Special Investigator, Texas House Appropriations Committee, of the Texas Legislature.
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Texas Tech University School of Law (1985)
Master of Arts, in Legal Studies, Magna Cum Laude, University of North Texas (1982)
Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and Psychology, University of North Texas (1980)
All coursework completed Ph.D. in Higher Education (ABD), University of N. Texas (1992-99)
U.S. Army Combat Engineer, two tours of combat service in Vietnam and Cambodia; National Defense Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Campaign & Combat medals; Agent Orange Vietnam Veterans Registry; Also U.S. Army Reserves and Texas Reserves, served in underground Federal Intelligence & Communications facility, Top-Secret U.S. Security Clearance, Honorable Discharge. Awarded seven military medals.
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Numerous other articles published, including:
Marty served on the
Editorial Board of Alternative Resolutions, the official publication of the
State Bar of Texas ADR Section. Marty has also served for several years as a
Mediation Trainer for Texas
40-hour statutory Mediation training and teaches at accredited
Continuing Legal Education Seminars (CLE) for The State Bar of Texas. He is a Member of the
College of the State Bar of Texas and was named a
Fellow of the State Bar College in 2004. He authored a 100-page
Mediation Training Manual on Alternative Dispute Resolution for statutory mediation training and judicial Settlement Week training. He teaches Mediation and ADR related subjects at
Texas Wesleyan University Law School
and
Texas Woman’s University extended education program. For seven years he edited the
Personal Injury Digest, a monthly digest of personal injury, wrongful death, insurance and related procedure and evidence cases from the fourteen Texas Courts of Appeals and Texas Supreme Court. He was editor of
Dispute Resolution Texas Style, the official 20-page ADR brochure widely distributed to the public, lawyers and judges by the State Bar of Texas. He is a past Editor and contributor to the
Denton County Lawyer and has also been invited to write many
guest newspaper columns, over three decades he has written and published over 125 articles.
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Attorney-Client Fee Disputes | Products Liability |
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Insurance | Personal Injury |
Consumer | Professional Malpractice |
Business Litigation | Medical Malpractice |
Family Law and Divorce | Neighborhood Disputes |
Child Custody | Partnership Dissolution |
Property Issues | Property Division |
Construction Disputes | Sexual Harassment |
Contracts | Victim-Offender |
Employment | Multi-Party Cases |
Juvenile | Landlord-Tenant |
Credit Claims | And many others… |
Mr. Leewright was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He is married to Dr. Malinda Fasol-Leewright, PhD., Chair of University Graduate Psychology Program, a trained Mediator/Mediation Trainer, also of Fort Worth; daughter “Daxi” a competitive dancer since age 3, attended Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts for eight years, plays the violin, tennis, is a avid photographer and videographer, has traveled to several foreign countries, graduated as a High School Honors student at age 16 and will soon attend college on a full scholarship.
Bob Leonard Law Group, PLLC
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