Beth J. Leahy, Esq. |

Overview

Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the City of Brotherly Love and soft pretzels, Ms. Leahy graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lycoming College, where she majored in Literature, and then attended Temple University School of Law, where she was on the Dean’s List. After temporarily moving to Florida due to her husband’s job transfer, she decided to stay in the South Florida warmth, and received her Juris Doctor from Nova University. After working a brief stint as in-house counsel for an insurance company, she joined Walton Lantaff in 1983, and was elected to Senior Partner in 1992. Ms. Leahy is the first female Senior Partner in the firm’s history.

Civil Trial and appeals, in all areas of first and third party insurance defense, including all types of negligence and intentional tort claims, like premises liability, negligent hiring and supervision, assault and battery, and malicious prosecution claims and the defense of excessive force and other civil rights claims in state and federal court.
Workers’ Compensation trial and appeal defense
Employment Discrimination and Wage and Hour Defense
Governmental Liability
Governmental Entities
Employment and Labor Law

A-V rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Book Award recipient: Federal Practice and Procedure Book Award and Family Law Book Award

Ms. Leahy is a State Certified Speaker and has presented many seminars to insurance professionals, on behalf of the firm, at RIMS and PRIMA’s local meetings and statewide conferences, and as a speaker for the CEU Institute and the National Business Institute (NBI). She has presented on liability defense, workers’ compensation and employment discrimination topics including:
“Protecting against Wrongful Termination”
“Injuries in the Workplace- Examining the Workers’ Compensation Process” “Terminations in Tough Economic Times + Claims: What You Can Expect and How to Handle Them”
“Fraud Prevention”
“A Review of Average Weekly Wage- Statute Cases and Administrative Law”
“Investigation Techniques and Fraud Claims”
“Using Policies and Procedures to Avoid Liability for Use of Social Media”
“ Introduction to Florida’s Worker’s Compensation System”
“Best Practices: Reducing Workers’ Compensation Costs”
“Is Workers’ Compensation Immunity Alive and Well?”
“Liability and Workers’ Comp Hot- Button Topics”
and many others.

Beth Leahy has served in varied Board Roles for The Charity Guild of Fort Lauderdale, including President, Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary, and as its representative on the Board of Directors for both Childrens’ Diagnostic & Treatment Center and KID, and currently serves as Assistant Membership Chair.
Member of Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center Board, as Charity Guild Representative 2017, 2018.
Past member of Board of the Middle and Upper School Parents’ Association of the Pine Crest School.
Past member of Board of the Lower School Parents Association of the Pine Crest School.
Beth Leahy has served in varied Board Roles for The Charity Guild of Fort Lauderdale, including President, and as its representative on the Board of Directors of both Childrens’ Diagnostic & Treatment Center and KID.