Lawyers can help facilitate changes that affect our society. Those changes can be either small or seismic but attorneys must realize the impact they can make on those who are charged with rendering verdicts and enacting legislation.

This was Gerald Leesebergs message in the Columbus Bar Associations BARbriefs publication. Leeseberg authored the article, "The Lawyer as Social Engineer" for...

The Daily Reporter looked to L&V partner Gerald Leeseberg when compiling stories surrounding the November, 2000 race for Ohio Supreme Court Justices.

The Daily Reporter reported on October 23, 2000 that television ads backed by the Citizens for a Strong Ohio group were alleging judicial independence was being compromised by special interests groups. The Ohio Academ...

Anne M. Valentine, partner in the Columbus-based Law Firm Leeseberg & Valentine, officially became the new president of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers during the organizations annual convention May 11, 2000. Ms. Valentine is the first woman to be elected president of the Academy.

Valentine says as president of the OATL she will strive to assure the citizens of Ohio that their fam...

Parents: Son died for lack of timely care

By Mark D. Somerson
Dispatch Medical Reporter

A bullet fired at close range sent Jason Michael Griffith to Mount Carmel East Hospital on Dec. 20, 1992, but negligence killed him, contends an attorney representing Griffiths family.

"Jason continued to bleed at a rate and amount that exceeded acceptable practice," Gerald S...

Serious trauma patients not taken to trauma centers.

On December 20, 1992, 20-year-old Jason Griffith was rushed to an Ohio Community hospital after being accidentally shot in the chest by his best friend. Although Griffith was losing massive amounts of blood, his attending doctor- a fifth-year resident in general surgery- waited more than five hours before taking him to surgery. Griffith ...

By Tim Doulin
Dispatch Staff Reporter

The family members of two convicted killer Jerry Hesslers victims are expected to file lawsuits in Franklin County today against former employer of Hessler and a hospital that treated him.

Attorney Gerald S. Leeseberg, who represents the relatives of Tracey Stevens and her infant daughter, Amanda, said lawsuits-two in Franklin County C...