Miami / Fort Lauderdale

Leech Tishman is pleased to welcome attorney Barbara J. Riesberg to the firm as Partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Barbara focuses her practice on complex business and real estate litigation. She handles a broad range of commercial matters, including shareholder disputes, restrictive covenant and non-compete matters, securities-related disputes, receiverships, commercial foreclosures, property development disputes, and other real estate litigation. Barbara also has experience in municipal law matters, including the representation of municipalities and developers.

Effective April 1, 2026, Barbara will join Leech Tishman’s existing Miami/Fort Lauderdale office, further strengthening the firm’s full-service commercial legal platform in South Florida and nationally. Barbara joins a team of over 150 lawyers and more than 250 total personnel, operating in eight major markets across the country.

Litigation Practice Group

Leech Tishman’s Litigation Practice Group represents commercial clients, businesses, and institutions in a broad range of complex commercial litigation matters.

Our attorneys have deep experience in litigating and successfully resolving commercial disputes spanning numerous industries and businesses, and have represented clients in state and federal courts across the country, as well as arbitration forums. Our expertise includes representing clients in disputes arising out of the sale and purchase of businesses, partnership and shareholder agreements, distribution and licensing agreements, commercial leases, construction contracts, executive compensation as well as the numerous kinds of disputes which develop out of financial relationships, whether financing, lending, or borrowing.

Our Litigation Services

Leech Tishman proudly serves clients in Los Angeles and across the U.S. We combine a depth of legal expertise with a breadth of business savvy to provide legal services in:

  • ADA Title III Defense
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
  • Appellate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Litigation
  • Corporate Governance and Shareholder Litigation
  • Defamation: Libel, Slander and Commercial Disparagement
  • E-Discovery
  • Employment Disputes
  • Governmental and Internal Investigations
  • Product Liability Defense
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Restrictive Covenants / Non-Competes
  • Shareholder / Equity Disputes
  • White Collar Defense

About Leech Tishman

Leech Tishman is a national, full-service law firm dedicated to assisting businesses, institutions, and individuals. Leech Tishman offers legal services in business restructuring & insolvency, construction, corporate matters, healthcare, intellectual property, labor & employment, litigation, real estate, and trusts & estates. In addition, the firm offers a wide range of legal services to clients in the aviation & aerospace, beauty & wellness, cannabis, data privacy & cybersecurity, energy & natural resources, entertainment & sports, and life sciences industries. Leech Tishman has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Sarasota, and Washington, D.C.