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Biography

Leighton Rockafellow began his law practice in Tucson in 1973. A native of Geneva, Illinois, Leighton graduated from Geneva Community High School in 1966 and attended Southern Illinois University for his freshman and sophomore years. Transferring to the University of Arizona in 1968, Leighton completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 1970 and graduated from the Arizona College of Law in May 1973. Leighton was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona on September 29, 1973, the United States District Court on October 15, 1973, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on June 30, 1975, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America on March 26, 1979. Leighton has held the certification “Specialist in Injury & Wrongful Death” from the State Bar of Arizona since 1991. He is a member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, certified as a civil trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (1991), and named among the Super Lawyers of the Southwest since 2007.

Leighton’s Tucson injury law firm was one of the first to begin advertising in Tucson. Advertising continuously since 1983, Leighton has become one of the best known names in the Tucson legal community. As an injury and wrongful death specialist, Leighton’s personal injury law firm in Tucson confines itself to personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, products liability, legal malpractice, and associated insurance law including bad faith and insurance breach of contract. Leighton is a sustaining member of the American Association for Justice and the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association. Leighton Rockafellow is a member of the newly formed National Trial Lawyers and has been named one of the top 100 Trial Lawyers in Arizona by National Trial Lawyers. His firm is a highly regarded Tucson personal injury law firm.

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Areas of Law and Practice

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Jurisdictions

• Arizona

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Employment History

• managing Attorney | Rockafellow Law Firm

  1975 -

  For a free consultation, call the Tucson injury attorneys at the Rockafellow Law Firm if you are suffering injuries due to and accident or negligence. If you were hurt in a vehicle collision, or if a loved one was seriously injured or killed, you need and deserve legal help from trusted injury lawyers in Tucson. The financial consequences of traffic-related accidents are significant, and derive largely from costs and losses associated with serious injuries such as head and brain injuries, spinal injuries, and burns. These financial consequences include medical expenses, long-term care costs, lost wages and earning capacity, and much more. In the worst of cases, there are also losses associated with a loved one’s wrongful death.

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Education

• B.A. | University of Arizona

  - 1970

• J.D. | University of Arizona

  - 1973

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