George G. Leynaud

Attorney George G. Leynaud is a partner with Leynaud Law Group, LLC, in Peru, Illinois. A top-rated, award-winning trial lawyer with more than 40 years of total legal experience, Mr. Leynaud provides invaluable counsel and support to clients throughout Central Illinois who have serious and complex legal challenges involving any of the following:

·        Personal injury and wrongful death

·        Medical malpractice

·        Mediation

·        Uninsured and underinsured motorists

·        Workers' compensation

·        Felony criminal defense

·        DUI and traffic-related defense

·        Real estate law

·        Business litigation

·        Insurance law

A leader in his field, Mr. Leynaud has served as chair of the Insurance Law Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association three times  as well as chair of the organization's Tort Section Council. He has also written extensively and conducted dozens of lectures and continuing legal education seminars across his region on a variety of legal topics. He also completed the intensive Mediation Training Program at Pepperdine University School of Law in 2005, and he has achieved the status of Silver Fellow with the Illinois Bar Foundation.

Mr. Leynaud is a member  of the Illinois State Bar Association, and he has served in several leadership roles within the organization. He has also served on the Assembly and Election Committee of the 13th Judicial Circuit. He is also an active member of the American Bar Association and the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, among his other professional affiliations.

Recognized for his impeccable professionalism and outstanding client service, Mr. Leynaud has earned a Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished* peer review rating along with several Leading Lawyers designations and a listing in the Who's Who in American Law. He has also received designation as one of the Top Lawyers in Illinois for Personal Injury Plaintiff and Workers' Compensation from Chicago Lawyer Magazine.

A 1980 graduate of Marquette University, Mr. Leynaud obtained his Juris Doctor from WMU Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Michigan in 1983. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central and Northern Districts of Illinois as well as the U.S. Federal Courts.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.