Areas of Practice
- Appellate Litigation
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Class Action Defense
- Environmental & Toxic Torts
- Products Liability
- Tax (International, Federal, State & Local)
- Trusts, Estates & Personal Planning
Education
- Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, J.D., 1964, Winner, Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition; Vice-Chair Moot Court Board; American Jurisprudence Prize in Agency and Partnership; American Jurisprudence Prize in Jurisprudence; American Jurisprudence Prize in Civil Procedure, Louisiana State University
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1964
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1981
- 5th Cir., 1964
- E.D. La., 1964
- M.D. La., 1964
- W.D. La., 2007
A partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group, Leon Gary has more than 40 years of experience managing and trying complex cases such as asbestos and other toxic torts, antitrust, class actions, Civil RICO, business and commercial disputes, securities, and federal tax matters. Much of Mr. Gary's experience, in addition to defending manufacturers of asbestos containing products, has been in defending tire manufacturers in tire failure cases and power turbine/generator manufacturers in defending turbine failure cases. Mr. Gary also handles Federal and State Tax Litigation and Trusts and Estates Litigation. He has served his alma mater as an adjunct law professor teaching advanced litigation and litigation management. A native Louisianian, his passion is utilizing technology for efficient and cost-effective litigation. He has served as chair of the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section and as a member of the ABA's Coordinating Committee on Legal Technology. He is a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. He writes and speaks frequently on his areas of interest.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The American Lawyer's list of Top Commercial Litigators
- Listed The Best Lawyers in America® 2008 (Copyright 2007 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Commercial Litigation (listed annually since 2005)
- Listed in the 2007 edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of General Litigation
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.
News
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2008; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
- Forty-Seven Jones Walker Attorneys Listed in the 2007 Edition of Louisiana Super Lawyers; One In Top Ten, Four In Top Fifty, Two In Top Twenty-Five Women
- Fifty-Two Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007
- Jones Walker Named to New Orleans CityBusiness’ Innovators of the Year 2006
- Forty-Eight Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2006
- Jones Walker Litigation Team Plays Key Role in Defeating Mass Asbestos Litigation Class Certification
Memberships
- American Bar Association (Chair, Section on Law Practice Management 1993–1994)
- American Bar Association (Coordinating Committee on Legal Technology, 1994–1996)
- Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit
- Baton Rouge Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- International Society of Barristers (Fellow)
- Louisiana State Bar Association
