Rena Leizerman
Lecturer in Law
Rena Leizerman concentrates her practice in trial and appellate litigation related to catastrophic injury and death in commercial motor vehicle collisions at The Law Firm for Truck Safety. She has successfully opposed two petitions for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, litigated numerous issues of first impression in courts across the country and obtained the first punitive damage verdict against a freight broker for negligent selection. She currently teaches Jurisprudence and Modern Legal Thought at the College of Law.
Leizerman serves on numerous boards and committees, including of the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA), the American Association for Justice Trucking Litigation Group, and the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA). She also is a founding president of the National Board of Truck Accident Attorneys. She recently spearheaded efforts in partnership with the NBTA and the ATAA to obtain the first and only American Bar Association-accredited board certification in truck accident law.
Leizerman graduated from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, where she was Order of the Coif and served on the executive board of the Washington University Journal of Law and Policy. She served as a law clerk to the Hon. Mark Filip, Northern District of Illinois. Prior to The Law Firm for Truck Safety, she practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for eight years.