Background
Hayes, Leslie A. was born on May 29, 1956 in Seattle, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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Leslie A. Hayes
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Cornell University (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1978). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1981).
Career
Worked at Connolly Epstein Chicco Foxman, Engelmeyer & Ewing A Professional Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice. Civil Litigation, Environmental, Real Estate, Employment, Civil Rights, Taxation, Estates and Trusts, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Corporate, Securities and Banking. Admitted to the bar, 1981, District of Columbia.
1982, Pennsylvania.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1980-1981. Law Clerk to Judge Francis L. Van Dusen, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1981-1982. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.
The firm was founded in the late 1960"s by a small group of young lawyers who had achieved academic distinction during law school and who had worked for various well-established large law firms and in government positions but who wanted to practice in a small-firm setting.
The firm continues to limit its hiring to those whose superior achievements suggest outstanding promise in the practice of law. Connolly Epstein"s practice is concentrated in five areas: (1) Litigation, including complex commercial, environmental, employment, civil rights, insurance and surety, premises liability, products liability, securities, Alternative Dispute Resolution and mediation, franchising, antitrust, construction, bankruptcy/creditors" rights, defamation/First Amendment, real estate and municipal matters. (2) Business Law, including a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial law services to small and medium size businesses, as well as specialized services to larger clients -- principally in securities matters, estates and trusts, taxation disputes and tax planning, commercial financing, bankruptcy, reorganization and mergers and acquisitions: (3) Environmental Law, including representation in federal and state administrative and judicial matters and counseling with respect to environmental objectives and obligations.
(4) Real Estate, including financing, development, construction, leasing, sales and debt restructuring.
And (5) Employment, representing employers, executives and others facing hiring, discipline and termination problems, including employment contracts, restrictive covenants, discrimination, sexual harassment, privacy rights, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, American Dental Association, Employee Retirement Income Security Act AND FMLA.
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Membership
Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.
