Jane Swearingen Leger
Ms. Leger was selected for inclusion in 2004 Thomson Reuters Texas Super Lawyers by Texas Monthly Magazine, only five percent of the lawyers in the state were selected. Ms. Leger won a gender discrimination lawsuit in Federal court against a local county. She represented two female sheriffs' deputies who were not re-hired after a new sheriff was elected. The county appealed the verdict which was upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
In 2005, she represented the widows and children of three men who were killed in an explosion at a BP/Amoco plastics plant in Augusta, Georgia. After two days of what was expected to be a two-week trial, BP/Amoco settled the case to her clients' satisfaction.
Ms. Leger represents individuals who have been injured in industrial setting, vehicle collisions or suffered the results of discriminatory conduct. She currently represents clients in Texas, Georgia, Florida and Minnesota.
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Maritime
- Employment
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1993
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Education
- Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas
- J.D. - 1993
- Baylor University
- B.B.A. - 1993
Honors and Awards
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004
- Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters Texas Monthly Magazine, 2004
Professional Associations and Memberships
- State Bar of Texas
- Jefferson County Young Lawyers Association
- Jefferson County Bar Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
