Background
RECHT, LESLIE was born on May 19, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
RECHT, LESLIE was born on May 19, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Chicago (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). I1T/- Chicago-Kent College of Law (Juris Doctor, with high honors, 1974).
Worked at Defrees & Fiske (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in General Practice including Business, Corporate Finance, Utilities and Energy, Tax, Employee Benefits, Employment Law, General Civil and Personal Injury Litigation, Copyright and Trademark Protection, Antitrust, Transportation, Trade Association, Health Care and Hospital Law, Trusts and Estates, Real Estate and Construction and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Illinois. Adjunct Professor, Energy and Environmental Law, IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1991.
Member: Chicago Bar Association (Member, Public Utility Law Committee, 1975.
Chairman, 1984-1985; Real Property Law, Preservation and Architecture Subcommittee Chairman, 1986-1988). Women"s Bar Association of Illinois (Board Member, 1984-1986.
Lawyer Referral Service Commissioner, 1985-1987, 1991). Federal Energy Bar Association.
Founded in 1884, Defrees & Fiske provides general and specialized legal services.
Our clients include large, publicly-held corporations, but we also often serve as general counsel to closely-held companies that have no in-house legal staff, and as legal advisor to individuals. Our areas of specialization include corporate, litigation, tax, financing, regulatory, real estate, and estate planning. We are preeminent in such specialized areas as public utility law, where we historically have represented gas, electric and water utilities, pipeline companies, and customers of utilities in connection with utility and regulatory matters.
Hospital law, where we represent hospitals and other providers of medical care.
Transportation law, where we represent several railroads, trucking companies, transportation intermediaries and shippers. And the representation of trade associations.
Our firm"s litigation, antitrust and trademark protection expertise has been utilized by prominent members of the oil, motion picture, designer label and franchise industries.
Member: Chicago Bar Association (Member, Public Utility Law Committee, 1975. Chairman, 1984-1985; Real Property Law, Preservation and Architecture Subcommittee Chairman, 1986-1988). Women"s Bar Association of Illinois (Board Member, 1984-1986.
Lawyer Referral Service Commissioner, 1985-1987, 1991).
Federal Energy Bar Association.