Leanna Marchand, BSN, RN, JD
Leanna Marchand is a registered nurse (RN) and licensed attorney (JD). She is certified as a Guardianship Ad Litem and a member of the Texas State Bar College. She obtained her B.S. in Nursing from Texas Woman’s University. In 1996, she received her J.D. degree, with honors, from Southern Methodist University. She was a member of Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society. Mrs. Marchand has worked in the areas of medical malpractice, personal injury, pharmaceutical litigation, health care law, healthcare licensure defense, Guardianship, Wills & Probate, and Family Law. Leanna Marchand is a founding partner of Marchand Law, LLP in Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Marchand is a member of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys, American and Texas Nurses Association, and is a Director of the Texas Chapter of the American Association of Nurse Attorneys. She also serves as Director on the Board of TeamConnor Childhood Cancer Foundation, whose mission it is to raise funds for pediatric cancer research. She has been published in several nursing and legal journals, books, and authored continuing education courses. Mrs. Marchand has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Law Student Division of the State Bar of Texas. She also previously served as a member of the Membership Subcommittee and Nominating Committees of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. A fifth-generation Texan and native Dallasite, she enjoys playing tennis, hiking, anything history related, and most of all, spending time with her large family (including their new German Shephard).
Leanna Marchand
8117 Preston Road, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75225
(214) 505-3423
leanna@mrlaw.com
leanna@texasnurse-attorney.com
EDUCATION
- B.S. in Nursing/Texas Woman’s University
- President- Student Nurses Association
- J.D. cum laude Southern Methodist University Law School
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society
- Golden Gavel
- Representative to State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, Law Student Division
LICENSE
Licensed by the State of Texas as an Attorney (J.D.) and a Registered Nurse (R.N.).
Certified Guardianship Ad Litem
Member State Bar College
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
American Association of Nurse Attorneys- Texas Chapter (1996-present; Secretary, 1998-1999; Secretary 2020)
American Association of Nurse Attorneys
Texas Nurses Association (1993-present; expert advisor to the texas nurse association regulatory committee and the workplace advocacy committee, 2018)
American Nurses Association (1993-present)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (2019-2020)
State Bar of Texas – Member (1996-present), Board of Directors, Law Student Division 1994-1995; Planning Committee for the 8th Annual Advanced Medical Malpractice Course (2001); Current Sections member- Health Law, Women and Law, Administrative and Public Law
State Bar College- member
Texas Women in Business- member
Texas Trial Lawyers Assn. – Board of Directors (2000-2002); Nominating Committee (2000); Membership subcommittee (2000-2002); Advocate Board of Directors (1999-2000)
Dallas Trial Lawyers Assn. – Board of Directors (1998-2002); member 1996-2011
American Assn. Of Justice–member (1996-2011)
Texas Watch, Board of Directors (2002-2004)
COMMUNITY
Teamconnor Childhood Cancer Foundation- Board of Director (2014-present)
LAW RELATED PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES
Peer Review Editor: “Care of Older Adults for Texas Nurses,” Elite Publishing, 2020;
Peer Review Editor: “Texas Nursing: Jurisprudence and Ethics,” Elite Publishing, 2020;
Author: Continuing education nursing course, “Texas Nursing Jurisprudence and Ethics” S.C Publishing, October 2014, 2016, 2018;
Author: Continuing education nursing course, “HIV AIDS: A 2 hr Overview,” Western Schools, 2017.
Speaker: “What they don’t teach you in Nursing School” El Centro College Nursing Student Association, December 2017;
Author: “Grandparent Rights?” National Paralegal Reporter, Spring 2015;
Author: “Legal Terminology,” Nursing Practice and the Law, Chapter 2, F.A. Davis Co.;
Author/Speaker: State Bar of Texas Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, March 2006, San Antonio;
Author: “Electronic Discovery”, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Texas Lawyer, April 2002;
Speaker: “Modern Medical Records Discovery,” Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, State Bar of Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001;
Speaker: “Medical Records for Texas Attorneys”, National Business Institute, Houston, 2000;
Speaker: “Discovery of Electronic Medical Records,” Texas Trial Lawyers Association Seminar, Colorado, July 2001;
Speaker: “Electronic Discovery”, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Montreal Canada, 2001;
Co-Author (with David Marchand), “Anesthesia Regs Required, Outpatient Procedures Scrutinized,” Texas Lawyer, July 26, 1999;
Co-Author (with David Marchand), “VBAC Suits and Risky Situations,” Texas Lawyer, April 15, 1999;
Author: “E-discovery in Medical Negligence Litigation,” Texas Lawyer
Author/Editor: Chapter 6 “Office Management.” TAANA Solo Practice Manuel for Nurse- Attorneys, work in progress, expected date October 2021.
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