About Leslie Brueckner

Leslie A. Brueckner is a Partner at Singleton Schreiber with over 35 years of appellate litigation experience across a broad spectrum of cases, including constitutional law, consumer protection, antitrust, bankruptcy, class actions, and environmental law. In addition to her litigation work, she has taught appellate advocacy at Georgetown University Law Center and at American University, Washington College of Law.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Singleton Schreiber

These results are credited to Singleton Schreiber. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

A Miami federal jury found Tesla 33% liable for a 2019 Key Largo crash that killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfriend, awarding $243 million including $200 million in punitive damages in the first federal trial over a fatal Autopilot accident.

U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida (Miami) · 2025Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$16.4 millionVerdict

A San Diego County jury awarded $16,420,725 to Jane Neely after a diseased tree branch broke from a state-maintained oak and fell across State Route 79 near Warner Springs, crushing the 75-year-old motorcyclist beneath it and leaving her permanently paraplegic.

San Diego County Superior Court · 2022Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
$12 millionVerdict

A federal jury awarded $85 million against San Diego County after deputies tased, beat, and hogtied Lucky Phounsy during a 2015 mental health crisis; the county later settled for $12 million after the judge vacated the wrongful-death damages and ordered a new trial on that portion.

U.S. District Court, S.D. California (San Diego) · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

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