Background
Sher, Leopold Zangwill was born on May 1, 1953 in New Orleans. Son of Joseph and Rachel (Israelowiec) Sher.
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Leopold Zangwill SHER
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Tulane University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1974. Juris Doctor, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Eta Sigma. Member, Tulane Moot Court Board.
Member, Board of Editorial Contributors and Advisors, Real Estate Finance Law Journal, published by Federal Research Press, 1985-1986. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Career
Worked at McGlinchey Stafford (New Orleans, LA) specializing in Real Estate (Commercial), Business Law, Finance Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Louisiana. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma.
Member, Tulane Moot Court Board. Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1997. Chairman: Title Insurance Committee, 1995.
Membership Selection Committee, 1996). Fellow, American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers. Member, Board of Editorial Contributors and Advisors, Real Estate Finance Law Journal, published by Federal Research Press, 1985-1986.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Anglo-American Real Property Institute (Member, Board of Governors, 1995). Lenders' Counsel Group of the American Land Title Association.
Member, International Council of Shopping Centers. Member: Louisiana State and American (Section Council Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1996. Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Real Property Division, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1993-1996.
Chairman, Real Estate Financing Subcommittee, Committee on Commercial Financial Services, Section of Business Law, 1986-1994. Vice Chairman, Title Insurance Committee, Real Property Division, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1986-1989. Member, Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1989-1996.
Member, Standing Committee on Publications, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1993. Member, Standing Committee on Committees, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1996. Member, Acquisition Financing Subcommittee, Committee on Commercial Financial Services, Section of Business Law.
Member, Oil & Gas Financing Task Force, Business Law Section, 1991. Member, Commercial Leasing Committee, Real Property Division, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section. Member, Real Estate Finance Committee, Real Property Division, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations.
Achievements
Membership
Member Leman-Stern Young Leadership Training, New Orleans, 1980, Metropolitan Area Committee Young Leadership Training/Leadership Forum, New Orleans, 1982. Chairman Preservation Action Tax Task Force, Louisiana, 1985-1986. Member dean's advisory board Tulane University Law School.
Member American Bar Association (chairman real estate finance subcommittee of commercial finance services committee of business law section, member supervisory council Group H, real property section), American Bar Foundation, American College Mortgage Attorneys, Anglo-American Real Property Institute (board governors), American College Commercial Finance Lawyer, American Land Title Association (lenders counsel group), American College Real Estate Lawyers (board governors, treasurer), Louisiana Bar Association, American Arbitration Association, International Council Shopping Centers, Academy Hospitality Attorneys, Association Commercial Finance Attorneys, American Bankruptcy Institute.
Connections
Married Karen Baumgarten, June 7, 1975. Children: Rose Sarah, Samantha Jill.
