Leigh F. Groves, born Kinder, Louisiana, May 30, 1970, was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1995 and the Texas bar in 1996. Leigh is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana and in the U.S. District Courts in the Eastern, Western, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas.

Education:

• McNeese State University (B.S. – Sociology, 1992)
• Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D., 1995)

Memberships:

• Louisiana State Bar Association (Insurance and Tort Law Section; Employment Law Section)
• American Bar Association (Section of Litigation – Professional Liability, Construction Litigation and Insurance Coverage Litigation)
• Federal Bar Association (Federal Litigation Section)
• Texas State Bar Association
• Baton Rouge Bar Association

Practice Areas:

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Professional Liability
• Architect and Engineer Liability
• Director and Officer Liability
• Construction Law
• Insurance Coverage Litigation
• Insurance Regulatory

Experience:

Leigh has defended numerous professionals and large corporate clients in complex litigation matters in Louisiana state and federal courts, and before independently selected arbitration panels, and state administrative panels and commissions. Each of these cases was document intensive requiring review, evaluation and organization of hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and analysis of complex legal statutes and regulations. Leigh's clients were exposed to large monetary judgments, each in excess of $15 million. These matters were high-profile and politically charged cases that required Leigh to maintain close contact with her clients to develop a meaningful defense while understanding the impact of the litigation on the client's reputation and current/future business practices.