Leon Aussprung M.D., J.D., LL.M. is a former physician and an experienced trial attorney, who now exclusively practices law in the areas of medical malpractice and catastrophic personal injury, including nursing home abuse/negligence, car/truck accidents, premises liability, workplace injuries, and product liability. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Dr. Aussprung obtained his bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from the University of Virginia, a medical degree (M.D.) from Jefferson Medical College and then completed a residency program in pediatrics at the duPont Hospital for Children and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and was board-certified in pediatrics for 14 years. He then went on to earn his law degree (J.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1997 and an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy, with Honors, from the Temple University Beasley School of Law in 2006.
Dr. Aussprung is a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine, which is a distinguished group of physician-attorneys, and has previously served on the Board of Governors of this organization. He has been selected every year from 2007 through 2020 by Super Lawyers magazine as being amongst the top attorneys in this Commonwealth. In 2019, he was selected to as a Top 100 Super Lawyer in Pennsylvania. He has been obtained numerous multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts. His personal interests include complex pediatric and neonatal health law issues and he has lectured and published in the area of health care fraud & abuse litigation, as well as teaching graduate level courses on Health Care Law.
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Workers' Compensation
- Car Accidents
- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- New Jersey
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- Pennsylvania
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- 3rd Circuit
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- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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- English
- Law Office of Leon Aussprung MD, LLC
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- Temple University Beasley School of Law
- LL.M.
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- University of Pennsylvania Law School
- J.D.
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- University of Virginia
- B.A.
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- Jefferson Medical College
- M.D.
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- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Awarded in 2007-2012
- American Association for Justice
- Member
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- Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
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- Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
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- Pennsylvania State Bar
- Member
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- New Jersey State Bar
- Member
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- College of Legal Medicine
- Fellow and Member of Board of Governors
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- Fraud and Abuse: Federal Civil Health Care Litigation and Settlement
- Journal of Legal Medicine
- Predicting Length of Hospitalization of Sick Neonates from their Initial Status
- Clinical Pediatrics
- Physician - Pediatric Board Certified
- American Board of Pediatrics
