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also known as Tori
I’m Tori! Lion Legal Services is my baby, starting as Leigh Law in a one room walk-up office with little more than a dream and crossed fingers. Our success is a mix of trial and error, sheer grit, and cultivating the right team. Today we are Lion Legal Services – a North Little Rock staple, living our purpose to evolve the way Arkansans feel about lawyers by resolving life’s problems with affordable, transparent, reasonable, no-nonsense legal solutions.
My commitment to reasonableness and practicality is off the charts and my meter for emotions is far below the average human being. I’m the friend that gives smart, realistic advice to actually solve the problem, not just cry about it! My desire to be well-liked is not outweighed by my willingness to defend, persuade, and argue my position, whether in my cases, in business, or my personal life. Opportunity is not given; it’s taken.
I’m a certified mediator and handle many of our mediations, obviously because of my commitment to practicality.
I’m a great trial lawyer and thoroughly enjoy taking cases to court – I thrive on the competition. Winning is my favorite thing, no matter what it is I’m winning! In my ten years as a lawyer, I’ve handled many real estate, business, contract, and other civil transactions and litigation.
Today, all of my time is spent on administration & management of the firm, including client acquisition, billing, HR, that sort of thing. Although, I’m sometimes still brought in to conduct with clients thorough emotion-less cost/benefit analyses of time, money, and stress, compared to likely results of given legal strategies.
Mount Saint Mary, Ball State, and Indiana Universities are my alma maters. My commitment to student organizations was strong in high school – I can’t even remember all of them. I’m a Girl Scout Gold Award Recipient, led a Girl Scout troop for several years in college and law school, took a long break and am back to leading a Girl Scout troop today for my own daughters! You think I’m a good lawyer? You should see me peddle some Cookies.
I was boring, nerdy, and predictable in high school (math parties, anyone?) I bloomed in college, pledging a sorority (Sigma Kappa for life!) and law school was the most fun I’ve ever had – joining, like, no student organizations, drinking a lot, and steadfastly refusing to apply for law review (waaay too much nauseating research of ridiculous & impractical things like “how water law is affected by the rise in popularity of poodle ownership” or other such nonsense). Do not even get me started on the citations! As young as I was in law school, I was lucky in my self-awareness, recognizing the torture of forcing myself into a detailed round box when I’m a big-picture square peg.
I managed to graduate in the top quarter of my class and escape the snow and big city life of Indianapolis to come home where I met and married a Levy boy, who is currently the director of Education at the Civilian Student Training Program on Camp Robinson. My husband is very funny and very laid back. We are literally living the American Dream of a happy, healthy family, seeing a great work ethic and community commitment paying off. I love him more today than the day we married, mostly because he always laughs at my jokes and never makes me do the laundry; and, despite the fact he cried when he found out he was having two daughters. He says a third baby is out of the question because “he doesn’t want a boy bad enough to risk having three girls!”
Today I sit on the Board of Governors of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association, the Board of Rock City Rescue (an animal non-profit), and am a member of the House of Delegates of the Arkansas Bar Association. I’ve completed several Leadership Academies, including the ABA in 2013, ATLA in 2019, and Arkansas Business in 2020.
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2800 Percy Machin Dr, North Little Rock, AR, 72114
51 Client Reviews
Showing 1 - 5 of 5 reviews | Divorce & Separation
Posted by Jack | July 29, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Terrible
She assigned herself to my divorce case and I wish she of assigned anyone else. She was completely rude the entire time. She claimed to be this “alpha” dominant person who goes after what she wants and gets it….in the end it was all a lie. She got walked over and is a weak, passive lawyer. She will l...
Good morning - you also made a google review with substantially the same allegations on our firm page under the name Kristie Kristie and I responded there. We have no client named Kristie or Jack in our system in the last 2 years. A hallmark of our firm is excellent client relationships. Countless clients return to Lion Legal for various legal matters because of our commitment to exceptional communication and exceptional results. Your allegation that we did some form of bait and switch is not well-taken because we most assuredly do not tell clients what they want to hear simply to get them to hire us. I'm confident that I've never used the word "alpha" to describe myself - but I do get the best results possible for every client based on their particular circumstances, including their budget. As with all things in life, a person's realistic legal options are controlled by his or her budget. While our firm has a large family law division, I personally rarely handle any family matters, and I have not handled a family matter in months. In all sincerity, I very much welcome the opportunity to discuss your alleged concerns in detail, and I encourage you to email me with your real name if you are truly a past client, so I can review your file and schedule an appointment with you.
Posted by Samantha | July 22, 2023 | Divorce & Separation
Rude
I called to have a consultation with Tori and throughout the process of the call, she seemed as if she wasn't even listening. I was trying to explain to her my situation on my recent divorce and didn't even take into context what I was saying. She was just trying to push her opinions on me and was ...
I've not had a phone interview/consultation with someone named Samantha recently - going back all year, I checked the calendar! I'm genuinely sorry you felt I was rude - certainly was never my intention. I am not the right attorney for everyone, and neither is Lion Legal. Emotional support is definitely not my strong suit! I'm a lawyer not a therapist - no sarcasm when I say that. Clients should not want a therapist-like lawyer. Therapists make terrible lawyers and lawyers generally make terrible therapists. My job as lawyers is to remove emotion from the analysis and provide clear, reliable opinions on how the LAW applies to a particular set of facts. In other words, what a judge is likely to order if we took the matter to a trial. We will never allow a client to hire us if we cannot realistically achieve the client's goals because those goals are unsupported by the law. It is often disappointing to callers if the law does not allow for what they want to happen in their case, which sounds like was the case here. I welcome the opportunity to discuss with you - please email me with your real name so I can review the notes and details and we schedule another complimentary call so I can atone for my perceived phone manner. Tori
Posted by JS | July 18, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Awful
Don’t ever use these people. They will lie straight to your face and promise you they’ll do all this stuff then not do anything. Literally doing it yourself would be better than hiring Tori. She didn’t even spell my ex’s name correctly when she emailed her lawyer. How embarrassing. Tori is an embarra...
For you readers out there, we won this case and he was thrilled at the end of the matter which was about 5-6 weeks ago. He did not pay the balance of his last bill to our office. This week he emails multiple times, demanding we do more work, incur more time, and incur out of pocket costs when he owes us money. Despite his comment that he doesn't have to work because his parents are "his own personal piggy bank," I do not work for free. Upon receipt of the email where I directly told him we are not doing any more work or incurring out of pocket costs without his balance being paid and a retainer deposited to cover the future work, he loses his mind the way only an arrogant middle aged man can: accusing me - weeks later - of not doing a fantastic job, because he's mad that I didn't do what he told me to do. It's amazing to me how folks want "aggressive" attorneys to "stand up" for them, "fight" for them, and not "back down".... but, then get all in a tizzy when those same personality traits appear in the attorney-client relationship, 99% of the time in the context of the attorney refusing to work for free, as is the case here.
Posted by Richard | July 28, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Union Boilermaker
Victoria Leigh first helped me with my divorce. She delivered exactly what she promised. Since I have seen her work tirelessly for my family members and friends. We are lucky to have someone fight so hard for us. I recommend her highly if your life is on the line
Posted by Lisa | March 16, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation
Wish there was a 0 star rating
Victoria Leigh was hired to represent me in a divorce case. She did not file a single thing on my behalf. She did not help protect my children and got upset when I started filing things on my own to protect my children. They advised me not to do anything, actually advised me to abuse illegal prescrip...
We did exactly what we agreed to do, what the circumstances required us to do, what the contract & recorded conversation confirms we agreed to do, and the results were exactly as we predicted. You failed to pay as agreed and refused to follow the court order. The paper file we had was returned to you & everything else was provided to your new counsel.
"I endorse this lawyer. She has a great business that allows people of any income level to get the legal help they need."
"Tori is one of the most knowledgable lawyers I know in the area of protecting clients from unlawful debt collection, which is not an area of practice that I handle very often. When I have a question in this area, I always call her, because she can always answer my questions or point me in the right direction. She runs a busy practice in North Little Rock, but she always makes herself available to those in need, and especially clients. If you're in need of help, especially in Pulaski County courts, let Tori roar to your rescue."
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2012 - Present
Partner, Lion Legal Services
2018 - Present
Rock City RescueBoard Member
2017 - Present
Arkansas Bar AssociationHouse of Delegates Member
2015 - Present
Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense LawyersMember
2012 - Present
Arkansas Trial Lawyers AssociationBoard Member
2012 - Present
Pulaski County Bar AssociationMember
2011
JD - Juris Doctor
2008
BS - Bachelor of Science
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