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T. Matthew Leckman

Trial Attorney at Bernheim Kelley, LLC
Nashville, TN22 years experienceAdmitted 2003

About T. Matthew Leckman

T. Matthew Leckman is a trial attorney at Bernheim Kelley Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers, with significant experience in complex litigation and trial proceedings. He has more than 22 years of legal experience.

Leckman earned his J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2003 and his B.A. magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh in 2000.

He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, the District of Nebraska, the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eighth Circuits, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

Leckman has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer (2020-2021), Pennsylvania Rising Stars (2010-2018), and named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2019-2021) and Top 40 Under 40 (2011-2018). He serves as Adjunct Professor at Temple Beasley School of Law and Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and is a speaker and lecturer for the American Association for Justice.

He is a member of the Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania Association for Justice, and the American Association for Justice.

Practice areas

Education

Temple University Beasley School of Law
B.A. magna cum laude, 2003
University of Pittsburgh
Undergraduate, 2000

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Pennsylvania, admitted 2003
State Bar of U.S. Supreme Court
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
State Bar of U.S. District Court, District of Nebraska
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
State Bar of U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Montgomery County Bar Association
Philadelphia County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
Pennsylvania Association for Justice
American Association for Justice

Awards & recognition

Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2020-2021)
Pennsylvania Rising Stars (2010-2018)
The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2019-2021)
The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (2011-2018)
B.A. magna cum laude (Pittsburgh)

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