A story of experience...

  • Michael Leizerman, Attorney
  • Past chairman, AAJ Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
  • Author, Litigating Truck Accident Cases by West Publishing
  • Dubbed "King of the Road" by Lawyer's Weekly Publishing
  • Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate
  • Lawyers from CA to NY, FL to MI refer Michael truck accident cases
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Michael Leizerman, Truck Accident Attorney

When I was 9 years old, my dad—who was a school teacher—was in our station wagon with 4 other teachers when they were hit by a tractor trailer. I remember the shattered windows. I remember the shattered lives. (One teacher had been pregnant.)

Now, decades later, I am a truck accident lawyer. I meet with accident attorneys across the country who ask me to help them make sure no stone is unturned, no black box unread, in their client’s truck accident case. I receive calls from truck accident victims across the country asking for advice. Truck safety has become my vocation and avocation. In the past decade, I have:

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  • Served as the Chair of the American Association for Justice’s Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
  • Written the book Truck Accident Litigation published by the world’s largest legal publisher—West Publishing
  • Lectured across the country teaching other accident lawyers how to effectively handle truck accident cases

If you’re an attorney who needs help in a truck accident case, or you or a family member have been the victim of a truck accident, then this website offers a great deal of information for you.

If you’re a lawyer, visit our For Lawyers page, where you can:

  • Learn trucking laws and regulations that apply to trucks and truck drivers (like 49 CFR 391.25—a truck company has an obligation to run a driver’s traffic record every year)
  • Watch our educational truck accident lawyer videos to learn about trucking laws, trucking insurance and other ways that truck accident cases differ from car accidents.
  • Search a database of approximately 400,000 truck companies registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and view each company’s safety record.
  • Call me at 800-628-4500, email me at , or use the lawyer contact form to discuss how I can help with your case

If you’ve been in a truck accident, you can:

  • Visit our Victims of Truck Accidents page to find out how the right truck accident lawyer can help you
  • Learn about trucking laws designed to help make our roads safer.
  • Call me at 800-628-4500 or email me at .

I am happy to offer advice and help as much as my time permits. I limit the number of cases I personally handle to a small number in order to devote the full time, energy and resources I know is necessary to the best job possible for my clients.

I am a graduate of Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers’ College and consider myself a Warrior for Justice. I give each client the attention I would want my father to receive in the same circumstances.

Thanks for visiting,

Michael Jay Leizerman
Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate 

Truck Accidents Blog

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A trip to a casino turned tragic. I extend my condolences to the families of the victims of yesterday’s fatal tour bus accident in Austin, Minnesota. This sad event adds to the terrible toll of commercial vehicle crashes on our roadways.   The bus, reportedly operated by Strain Bus Line...

Toledo area tractor-trailer crash at I-75/I-280 split
Southbound I-75 was closed for a crash just before noon today between the Ottawa River Road exit and I-280. City crews were called to the crash to clean fuel that spilled. Paramedics and police responded to the scene. Injuries were reported, but no names or details have yet been released. I have handled...

FMCSA Driver Pre-Employment Screening Program Begins in December
In a move designed to keep truck drivers with poor safety records off our roads and thereby decrease truck accidents, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will enable commercial motor carrier companies to electronically access the inspection and crash records of prospective driver...

GPS Helps Track Drivers’ Record of Duty Status and Prevent Truck Accidents
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration currently exercises its full authority under 49 USC 504(c) to include the examination of GPS or other advanced technology records in the normal course of investigations of carrier compliance with its regulations. This helps the agency enforce its safety...

 

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