Leach specializes in complex commercial and civil litigation, construction law, and real estate.[1] Leach serves on the Board of Trustees for Houston Baptist University, on the Texas Judicial Council, and as a board member of the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute. In January 2021, he was appointed to serve on the board of directors of the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center.[1]
In 2020, Leach was angered by tweets from a professor at Collin College, within his district, critical of then-Vice President Mike Pence. He reached out to the president of the college and asked if the professor was "paid with taxpayer dollars." In February 2021, Leach prematurely tweeted that the professor had been fired. Nine days later, the college fired the professor. In January 2022, the college offered the professor a large settlement for violating her First Amendment rights.[2]
Leach and his wife Becky have three children and are members of Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen.
88th Legislative Sessionedit
For the 88th Legislative Session, Representative Leach was appointed as Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence as well as a member of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence.[4]
Committee assignmentsedit
Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
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This article is about the Texas State Representative For the actor and comedian see Jeff Leach This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page January 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message This biographical article is written like a resume Please help improve it by revising it to be neutral and encyclopedic January 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jeffrey Curtis Leach known as Jeff Leach born June 10 1982 is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 67 representing a portion of Collin County Jeff LeachLeach in 2018Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 67th districtIncumbentAssumed office January 8 2013Preceded byJerry A MaddenPersonal detailsBorn 1982 06 10 June 10 1982 age 41 Plano Texas U S Political partyRepublicanSpouseRebecca Swann LeachChildren3Residence s Allen TexasAlma materPlano Senior High SchoolBaylor University BS SMU Dedman School of Law JD OccupationLawyerWebsitewww wbr jeffleach wbr com Contents 1 Biography 2 Notable Votes 3 Personal life 4 88th Legislative Session 4 1 Committee assignments 5 2020 Campaign 6 Honors and recognition 7 References 8 External linksBiography editLeach was born in Plano Texas and graduated from Plano Senior High School 1 He attended Baylor University in Waco Texas Following graduation from Baylor Leach earned his J D degree from SMU Dedman School of Law in Dallas and currently practices with the Texas law firm Gray Reed amp McGraw P C Leach specializes in complex commercial and civil litigation construction law and real estate 1 Leach serves on the Board of Trustees for Houston Baptist University on the Texas Judicial Council and as a board member of the Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute In January 2021 he was appointed to serve on the board of directors of the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center 1 In 2020 Leach was angered by tweets from a professor at Collin College within his district critical of then Vice President Mike Pence He reached out to the president of the college and asked if the professor was paid with taxpayer dollars In February 2021 Leach prematurely tweeted that the professor had been fired Nine days later the college fired the professor In January 2022 the college offered the professor a large settlement for violating her First Amendment rights 2 Notable Votes editOn May 27 2023 Leach voted for the impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 3 Personal life editLeach and his wife Becky have three children and are members of Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen 88th Legislative Session editFor the 88th Legislative Session Representative Leach was appointed as Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence as well as a member of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence 4 Committee assignments edit Chair of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil JurisprudenceHouse Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence 2020 Campaign editLeach s seat was targeted by the Texas Democratic Party in 2020 5 however Leach defeated his opponent Lorenzo Sanchez by a margin of 51 7 to 48 3 despite Democrat Joe Biden winning the 67th district in the concurrent Presidential Election 6 It was the costliest State House race in the history of Texas citation needed Honors and recognition edit Best Legislator of the Year by Texas Monthly magazine 7 Champion of Faith and Family by Texas Values 8 Free Enterprise Champion by the Texas Association of Business 9 Courageous Conservative by the Texas Conservative Coalition 10 Best of Dallas area s Freshman Class by Dallas Morning News 11 Top Rated Conservative in the Texas House by Texas Eagle Forum 12 Taxpayer Champion by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility citation needed Best Freshmen Legislator by Capitol Inside citation needed Favorite Legislator by Plano Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Ben Harris citation needed References edit a b c Meet Jeff Jeff Leach Retrieved 2021 10 27 VICTORY Collin College to pay thousands to history professor fired for tweets 25 January 2022 Ken Paxton was impeached by the Texas House See how each representative voted Texas Tribune Retrieved March 27 2023 Representatives Texas House of Texas House of Representatives www house texas gov Retrieved 2023 03 08 Rayasam Renuka 20 October 2020 Where Texas Could Actually Turn Blue in 2020 POLITICO Retrieved 2023 03 09 Collin County election results by precinct 2020 Hooks Christopher Ratcliffe R G July 2021 6 rea Zelinski 2021 06 15 2021 The Best and Worst Legislators Texas Monthly Retrieved 2021 11 10 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link 2021 Faith amp Family Scorecard Texas Values ActionTexas Values Action The Advocacy Arm of Texas Values Texas Values Action The Advocacy Arm of Texas Values Retrieved 2021 11 10 Texas Association of Business txbiz org Archived from the original on 2014 03 22 Retrieved 2014 01 06 Courageous Conservatives 83rd Legislature txcc org Retrieved 2014 01 06 Best of Dallas area s Freshman Class dallasnews com Archived from the original on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2014 01 06 Legislative Scorecards texaseagle org Archived from the original on 2014 01 03 Retrieved 2014 01 06 External links editTexas House of Representatives Jeff Leach JeffLeach com Personal Website Profile at Vote Smart District 67 Map The Texas Tribune Hot Seat A Conversation with Leach and Paxton Video Texas House of RepresentativesPreceded byJerry A Madden Texas State Representative for District 67 part of Collin County 2013 Succeeded byIncumbent Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jeff Leach politician amp 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