Leslie
F.
Secrest
Partner
Atlanta
Business Phone:
404.885.3286
Business Fax:
404.962.6678
leslie.secrest@troutmansanders.com
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Representative Experience
Commercial Real Estate Development and Finance
Representing developers, owners and financial institutions in numerous purchases, sales and assemblies of commercial properties, including residential subdivisions, shopping centers, office buildings, industrial and mixed use properties
Environmental Law
Advising lenders, real estate and corporate clients as to environmental law aspects of secured lending, real estate and business transactions; providing guidance in assessing and minimizing environmental risks in purchases, sales and financings
Business Law
Assisting business clients in selection and formation of legal entities for a variety of business enterprises, including formation of corporations, general and limited partnerships, joint ventures and limited liability companies
Publications
Note, “Juveniles Committed to State Mental Hospitals Upon Executive," Notes and Comments Editor, Emory Law Journal, 1980-81, and staff member, 1979-80
Application of "Parents or Guardians Are Not Entitled to Adversarial Hearings to Determine Their Need for Institutionalization,” 29 Emory Law Journal 517 (1980)
“Groundwater Contamination: Seep No Evil,” American City & County, Vol. 108, No. 6, at 34 (May 1993)
Other Distinctions
Named to Georgia Trend magazine’s Legal Elite in Real Estate Law (2008)
Selected as 2005 Super Lawyer by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine for Real Estate Law excellence.
Work Experience
Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2001-present
Of Counsel, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1997-2000
Counsel, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, 1995-1997
Partner, McRae & Secrest, 1993-1994
Partner, Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead, 1992
Shareholder, McRae, Lambrecht & Wagner, P.C., 1988-1991
Associate, McRae, Lambrecht & Wagner, P.C., 1985-1988
Associate, Long & Aldridge, 1981-1984