Area of Practice: Elder Abuse Lesley has been featured in Time magazine, People, Frontline, New York Times, the National Law Journal, The SacBee, and The Sacramento Business Journal for her groundbreaking work in the field of elder abuse. A 1988 graduate of the San Diego School of Law, Lesley was thrust into elder abuse law when her great-aunt was abused and neglected at a residential care facility. Lesley successfully tried the case and got the facility’s license revoked. Since that time, her practice has focused exclusively on representing victims of abuse and neglect in institutional settings. Lesley believes that by holding corporations accountable to their promises to care for the vulnerable and provide competent, humane care, we can improve care for everyone. Lesley is the past chair of the American Association for Justice Nursing Home Litigation Group and has long been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell’s American Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Lesley strongly believes in passing along the knowledge she has gained through her years as an advocate and educator. She teaches classes and seminars around the country and mentors young attorneys so they will be able to continue the important work of protecting our elders.

With North Alabama roots stretching back over 200 years, Joe Cloud’s heritage is as much a part of the landscape as the mountains and valleys in which he was raised. The son of a WWII veteran tail-gunner who became the first lawyer in the family and of a mother who raised her four younger siblings after her own mother’s death, Joe was formed by people who understood hard work, determination and compassion. For over 40 years, he has represented his clients with integrity and a dogged focus that has resulted in his being recognized by Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and has been designated by his peers with the highest possible AV Preeminent Rating through Martindale-Hubbell since 1995. With Joe as your advocate, he understands that you are up against the fight of your life. You can count on him being there every step of the way. With verdicts, awards and settlements totaling over $200 million, he has proven to be an extraordinarily competent ally and formidable litigator on his client’s behalf. Battling for your rights as a victim of any kind of accident or injury is why he pursued a career in law and why he wants to go to work for you.

Ian is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center and a founding partner of Robins Cloud LLP. He has been responsible for the asbestos docket since the firms founding in 1992; including litigation, settlement and management of the docket. Ian has tried over 100 plaintiffs’ claims to verdict. He also has represented over 20,000 victims of asbestos disease since 1992. Ian is a native Houstonian and graduated from Texas State University (1988) and the University of Houston Law Center (1992) and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1992. He is licensed to practice in front of Texas state courts and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas. He is a member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Houston Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Directors from 1995 to 2000); American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America). Ian serves on the Joint Liaison Committee advising Judge Mark Davidson, statewide Asbestos MDL judge for Texas, on asbestos litigation in Texas. Ian also serves, through a client, on the W.R. Grace Asbestos Personal Injury Claimants Committee in the W.R. Grace bankruptcy.

David Clouston has been practicing securities, commercial and employment litigation in Dallas, Texas since 1993. With a reputation for unparalleled advocacy in state and federal court, as well as in various arbitration forums, he works closely with brokerage firms, oil, gas and chemical companies, manufacturers and distributors, real estate brokers and agents, and wholesale/retail businesses in a variety of matters, including litigation avoidance, customer disputes and claims, employment and corporate governance issues, products liability claims, and industry disputes. Mr. Clouston represents clients in cases before the Texas State Securities Board, FINRA, the NYSE, NASDAQ and the SEC, as well as in regulatory and enforcement proceedings before state and federal agencies. After graduating from North Dakota State University, Mr. Clouston attended Baylor Law School. He has co-authored articles on securities, employment and corporate governance issues published in The National Law Journal, Baylor Law Review, Executive Legal Advisor and In-House Texas. For many years he was the monthly securities podcaster for Texas Lawyer. Mr. Clouston was also selected as one of the \"Best Lawyers in Dallas 2016-2019\" and received the award for Securities Litigation and Enforcement.