Every business has experienced crisis at some point or the other. However, successfully navigating through a crisis is a challenge. It often requires new ways of thinking, understanding and responding to opportunities. Adopting a crisis management team can be instrumental in proactively dealing with a crisis. The Law Offices of John Leon navigates through the complexities of a business crisis and addresses problems through years of investigatory experience as well as negotiation and courtroom expertise.
The Firm’s Principal, John Leon is a prolific legal professional and corporate strategist with an unparalleled professional career. He has a demonstrated history of working for some of the state’s old and most prestigious law firms. As one of the nation’s most accomplished attorneys and a crisis management expert, Mr. Leon has a proven track record of delivering successful legal outcomes to clients for over decades.
Mr. John Leon interacted with the CEOViews team to share insights into his Law Firm
Inception
Founded in 2003, the Law Offices of John Leon, is a full service civil litigation and crisis management firm, concentrating in the areas of personal injury, healthcare and corporate litigation. The Firm was conceived out of a need for a law firm who could represent an ever-growing number of healthcare providers facing legal and regulatory scrutiny from both the private and public sectors but while also operating as crisis managers, which at the tie of the Firm’s founding did not exist.
Journey Over The Years
Over the years, the Law Firm has expanded its footprint nationwide establishing itself as a nationally recognized authority and expert on corporate crisis management, often called upon to render opinions on current news and trends in the corporate arena by national and international news and publication outlets. The Firm handles matters against or on behalf of several Fortune 500 companies and has been recognized as one of Florida’s top law firms. From its humble beginnings, the Law Offices of John Leon have come a long way and celebrated its 20th anniversary last year.
Areas Of Expertise
The Law Offices of John Leon is a Healthcare-Personal Injury and Corporate Law and Crisis Management firm. More specifically, it is a full service firm that is uniquely positioned to not only litigate on behalf of clients, but serve them as crisis managers when it is necessary to avoid litigation and instead explore alternative dispute resolution.
With over two decades of experience as Florida’s first and only healthcare and personal injury litigation and crisis management firm, The Law Offices of John Leon has the skill sets and results to back the experience no other firm in Florida has demonstrated.
The Firm also pioneers in Crisis Management. It has developed and coined Pre-Emptive Crisis Management, wherein the team develops protocols for the most visible and public clients so they are able to predict possible legal and/or business challenges and issues that may develop into problems in the future and address them before they do, in order to make sure clients do not face any negative business interruptions.
Client-Centered Law Practice
At the heart, the Firm’s practice is client-centered. John Leon goes beyond the legal deliverables and tailors the litigation or dispute resolution strategy around his client’s unique needs, concerns and goals. This reflects in the Firm’s culture as well.
The Law Offices of John Leon has a highly dedicated and experienced team of attorneys, paralegals and legal assistants who have both transactional and litigation experience and expertise to assist the Firm in all types of litigated matters and transactions. They function as a single team bringing individual talent and skill sets together with the client’s unique needs and concerns at the forefront of their decision-making matrix.
John Leon goes beyond the legal deliverables and tailors the litigation or dispute resolution strategy around his client’s unique needs, concerns and goals.
The Pandemic’s Toll
The legal industry is ever-changing as is the economic landscape. This was never more apparent than during the COVID-19 crisis. COVID-19 caused many of the healthcare and corporations in other industries the firm represents to have to cease operations, at least temporarily, which brought about challenges for the professionals they serve in terms of their revenue streams and the ability to pay ongoing expenditures. As a firm, The Law Offices of John Leon was able to manage this crisis’ by assisting clients and helping them pivot to new revenue streams vis-a-vis new investments, revenue re-allocation, etc.
Future Plans
Sustaining and simultaneously growing in the industry is a challenge in itself. However, Mr. Leon has focused on the mission of catering to the unique needs of his clients and demonstrated remarkable growth in two decades. Speaking about their future plans, Mr. Leon shared, “We have expanded our Firm’s footprint nationwide and established ourselves as nationally recognized authorities and experts on corporate crisis management. We have a great track record and people and corporations know that we can be relied upon when they encounter a crisis. Every crisis is a challenge and we thrive on challenges. We hope to continue to do that and expand our operations upon that.”
