Attorney Profiles

Roland L. Leon
Corpus Christi, Texas

Managing Partner
phone	(361) 881-9217
fax	(361) 882-9437
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Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certification/Specialties:: Personal Injury, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1985; Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1985; Civil Trial Law, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1990

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1976; U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1981; U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1981; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1985; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1976

Education:: Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, 1975
J.D.
Law Review: Texas Tech Law Review, Citations Editor, 1974 - 1975; Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA, 1979
M.P.A.; University of Texas, Arlington, TX, 1972
B.A.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
Major: Government

Classes/Seminars Taught:: BLFM Claims Handling Course, Barker, Leon, Fancher & Matthys, LLP, 2007; BLFM Claims Handling Course, Barker, Leon, Fancher & Matthys, LLP, 2006; The Seat Belt Defense & The Ethical Handling of Claims, 2006; Extra Contractual Liability in First and Third Party Claims, 2006; The Defense of the Driver in a Rollover, 2006; The Loss of Ensuing Loss for Mold, 2006; The Seat Belt Defense, Ethics, and Tort Reform, 2005 - 2006; BLFM Claims Handling Course, Barker, Leon, Fancher & Matthys, LLP, 2005; BLFM Claims Handling Course, Barker, Leon, Fancher & Matthys, LLP, 2000; 4th Annual Insurance Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law, 1999; Flushing for Gold, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1993

Honors and Awards:: Texas Monthly 2007 Super Lawyer; Texas Monthly 2006 Super Lawyer; Martindale Hubbell "AV" Rating, 1989 - Present; Navy Commendation Medal, 1976 - 1980; Navy Achievement Medal, 1977; Who's Who in American Law, 1997 - 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; State Bar of Texas; Member; Corpus Christi Bar Association; Member

Past Employment Positions:: United States Navy Judge Advocate General's Corp., Lieutenant Commander, 1976 - 1980; Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunham & Brown, Managing Partner Corpus Christi Office, 1980 - 1999

Languages:: Spanish

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Alpha Delta

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Office Location

555 N Carancahua St., Suite 1200
Corpus Christi, TX 78401-0843

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Barker, Leon & Fancher, LLP is a civil litigation defense firm located in Corpus Christi, Texas, representing clients throughout the state, including the cities of McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and Dallas; and from areas commonly known as the Coastal Bend, Bay Area, Rio Grande Valley, and South Texas. The firm also represents clients with offices nationwide from many regions, including New York City, Chicago, Illinois, Atlanta, Georgia, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Seattle, Washington, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, Green Bay and Wausau, Wisconsin, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Columbus Ohio, Oklahoma City, Hartford, Connecticut, Phoenix, Arizona, and Nashville and Chattanooga Tennessee.

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