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Leane C. Medford

Leane C. Medford

Leane Medford

Elrod, PLLC
500 North Akard, Suite 3000
Dallas, TX 75201
Contact Contact Leane C. Medford
T: 214-855-5188
F: 214-855-5183

Visit: www.elrodtrial.com
Practice areas: Business Litigation (40%), Appellate (30%), Aviation (30%)
Industry Groups: International Womens Aviation Association
Law School: Baylor Law School

Profile

Leane Capps Medford has significant experience handling complex and commercial litigation and appeals. Her clients depend on her tenacious resolve and innovative approaches to complex civil litigation - in trial and appellate courts. In 2006, Ms. Medford was selected by her peers as one of the top lawyers under 40 in Dallas for complex litigation and appeals in D Magazine. In 2007, she was selected by her peers as a Texas "Super Lawyer" in Texas Monthly magazine.   Ms. Medford has extensive experience in litigation and appeals in the aviation, insurance and energy industries.   

Selected to Super Lawyers

Texas Super Lawyers 2008
Texas Super Lawyers 2007

About Leane Medford

Admitted: 1996, Texas

Bar/Professional Activity: American Bar Association, Executive Board for 2006-2008 of the Council of Appellate Lawyers, part of the Judicial Division of the Appellate Judge's Conference (CAL). Additional CAL involvement: Chair-Elect of the Publications Committee 2007-2008, Long Range Planning Committee 2006-2007, Program Committee for Annual Bench-Bar Summit 2006-2007, Publications Committee 2005-2007, Nominating Committee 2006-2007. ABA Litigation Section: Committee of Appellate Practice, Aviation Litigation Committee. ABA Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section: Elected Vice-Chair of Appellate Advocacy Committee 2007-2008, Elected Vice-Chair Aviation and Space Law Committee 2007-2008. State Bar of Texas: Member of State Bar College 2007, Appellate Section Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting Committee 2006-2008, Litigation Section and Aviation Section. Dallas Bar Association: Member of the Business Litigation, Appellate, Solo and Small Firm Sections, and Member of the Judicial Committee. Other Affiliations: Dallas Woman Lawyers Association, Aviation Insurance Association, International Aviation Women's Association, Dallas Safari Club.
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Speaker and Author, Handling the Monster Record on Appeal (Including Records in Administrative Appeals), University of Texas Conference on State and Federal Appeals (June 2007). Author, Preventative medicine for your case: see your appellate lawyer long before trial, Vol. 6, Issue 1 of Appellate Issues, Newsletter of the Council of Appellate Lawyers of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (December 2006). Speaker and Author, The "dreaded" economic loss rule and its application to aviation hull claims, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Aviation and Space Law Committee of the Tort, Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (November 2006). Speaker and Author, Taming the Monster Appellate Record, Annual Summit of the Council of Appellate Lawyers and Appellate Judges of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (November 2006). Author, Availability of En Banc Consideration and Rehearing in the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and State Courts, Vol. 5, Issue 2 of Appellate Issues, Newsletter of the Council of Appellate Lawyers of the Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (May 2006). Lead Author, Leane Capps Medford & Steven D. Sanfelippo, Admissible or Inadmissible? Getting in-or keeping out-Government Documents in Aviation Cases, 71 J. Air. L. & Comm. 449 (Summer 2006).

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