Leigh is a founding partner of Sutton & Smyth, LLP. Born and raised in New York City, Leigh learned valuable lessons in street smarts, which provided him with a relentless work ethic and a tireless dedication to excel. Combined with his legal education and extensive experience, Leigh is a formidable trial attorney that does not shy away from the courtroom and has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Leigh has dedicated his practice to zealously representing hard-working New Yorkers injured as a result of someone else’s negligence and representing victims who experienced property damage due to a fire or water loss. He gained invaluable early experience as a Partner of a renowned insurance defense firm, working closely with insurance adjusters and learning the ins and outs of how insurance companies value personal injury and property damage cases. He uses this knowledge, together with excellent negotiating and litigation skills, to maximize his client’s monetary recoveries. Leigh believes that all victims deserve a lawyer that truly cares about them. To that end, he makes himself available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week and will continually communicate with clients to provide updates as their case progresses. He provides his cell number so clients can contact him whenever the need arises and is committed to excellence in the representation of his clients to bring them the justice they deserve and the compassion they need. Leigh is a native of Manhattan and is proud to continue to live there with his family. He attended college at Columbia University and Boston University and graduated from New York Law School. He is admitted to practice in all the Courts of New York State, the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. If you have been injured in an accident, or have sustained property damage due to the fault of another, Leigh will fight for you. Call (866) 935-1862 to schedule your free consultation.

Product Liability Barry specializes in product liability, and serves as national trial counsel for over a dozen companies throughout the United States. In this capacity, Barry regularly handles cases in all jurisdictions throughout the country, helping to provide a consistent defense to those companies faced with product liability suits. He has spent over two decades defending clients nationally against coordinated product liability suits, and has been repeatedly successful in obtaining both appellate and trial judgments on behalf of those clients. He is a pioneer of the national counsel defense program, helping small, mid-sized and large corporations spearhead a consistent defense in multiple jurisdictions against claims made relating to their products. Barry's involvement in the defense of hunting product manufacturers and automotive companies on a national basis has allowed him to help shape the trends in product liability throughout the United States.

James H. Sutton, Jr is both an attorney and CPA and a Shareholder of the firm. James concentrates in the area of Florida tax matters, with an almost exclusive focus on Florida Sales and Use Tax. He joined the firm in 2011 and has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1994 and a licensed member of the Florida Bar since 1998. Mr. Sutton has 30+ years of experience working in Federal tax as well as State and Local Tax ("SALT"), including Arthur Andersen and a tax consulting firm handling a wide variety of state tax planning and consulting work for Fortune 1,000 companies. Since 2002, Mr. Sutton has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law teaching State and Local Tax, Accounting for Lawyers, and Federal Income Tax I and also at Boston University College of Law's LLM of Taxation program teaching Sales and Use Tax. Mr. Sutton ventured into the realm of construction as part owner, CFO, and in-house counsel for two construction companies, one residential and one commercial, giving him the opportunity to experience the "big picture" with all aspects of business and an improved ability to see things from a business owner's perspective. Mr. Sutton is also the State and Local Tax Chairman of the American Academy of Attorney - Certified Public Accounts and now dedicates his time defending companies and individuals against the aggressive tactics of the Florida Department of Revenue. Mr. Sutton has been quoted in the news by Fox News Tampa Bay, Daily Business Review, Law360, Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report, State Tax Notes, & Tampa Bay Business Journal.