Ira Leesfield

Ira Leesfield

December 02, 2021 | Daily Business Review

E-Scooter—The City of Miami Pilot Program That Crashed

In the history of the civilization, "wheels" have been put to powerful and functional use. Their importance in transportation, industry, farming, the Industrial Revolution and throughout the development of the modern world cannot be understated.

By Ira Leesfield

3 minute read

March 29, 2019 | Daily Business Review

Litigating the Reinvented Wheel: Tips to Prevail in E-scooter Injury Cases

The electronic scooter revolution has transformed South Florida by littering our communities with thousands of pay-per-minute “e-scooters.” Without question, this budding industry will cause injury statistics and litigation to multiply.

By Ira Leesfield and Justin Shapiro

5 minute read

January 25, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Board of Contributors: Time is nigh for lawmakers to make 'right call'

Action by Florida law makers to ban the practice of texting while driving is long overdue, writes Ira Leesfield of Leesfield & Partners.

By Ira Leesfield

4 minute read

June 14, 2012 | Daily Business Review

South Florida ground zero for battle to keep cruising safe

No trend in transportation has seen as significant an increase in serious personal injuries and deaths as the cruise industry, leading to the questions of "Why?" and "What is being done to make cruising safer?"

By Ira Leesfield and Robert Peltz

6 minute read

April 05, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Board of Contributors: Stand your ground law may block civil remedies

Attorney Ira H. Leesfield says critics of Stand Your Ground are calling for Governor Rick Scott to reconsider the law due to criminal injustice. But there should be just as much outrage that civil plaintiffs are losing their constitutional right to have their cases tried by an impartial jury.

By Ira Leesfield

5 minute read