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Leslie Johnson, a founding
partner of TJH, is a highly
respected real estate transaction
attorney with 33 years experience
handling large and complex
real estate transactions
in California, out of state,
and internationally.She
helped devise the concept
of delayed tax-deferred
exchanges with her former
partner and mentor, Marvin
Starr, of Miller Starr &
Regalia. Leslie was one
of the most senior shareholders
of the firm before leaving
to form TJH. Her practice
is diverse, cutting-edge
and high-end.
Leslie’s areas of expertise
include:
- Acquisitions
- Dispositions
- Financing
- Investment Structure
- Taxation
- Leasing
Innovation and creativity
are the hallmark of Leslie’s
practice. These qualities,
along with her business
judgment, are highly valued
by her long-time and very
loyal clients. Leslie has
also served as an expert
witness on numerous matters,
and has taught both real
property law and tax aspects
of real property transactions.
Leslie has an AV Peer Review
Rating in Martindale-Hubbell.
Leslie is a 1970 graduate
of Stanford University and
received her J.D. from the
University of California,
Boalt Hall School of Law.
At Boalt, she served as
the Note and Comment Editor
for the California Law Review.
Leslie is a native Californian,
born in San Francisco and
living most of her life
in Orinda. Leslie is an
avid sportswoman and served
as the assistant soccer
coach at Mills College from
1996 to 2005 - following
her own illustrious career
as a player.
Examples of real estate
and business transactions
in which Leslie has handled
include:
Structured the acquisition,
long-term ownership
and ultimate conversion
of Park Bellevue Tower,
a prestigious high-rise
complex on Lake Merritt
in Oakland.
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Structured
the initial operational
entity for the acquisition
and development of Chileno
Bay Club, slated to
be one of the premier
private club resorts
in the world, located
in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Together
with former partner
and mentor Marvin Starr,
Leslie structured and
concluded innumerable
“delayed exchanges”
a decade before Starker.
Presided
over a multi-state (including
Georgia, Nevada and
Texas), complex transaction
including disposition
of an office complex,
a large multi-unit residential
complex, restructuring
of ownership entities
and acquisition of exchange
properties.
Served
as real property tax
assessment consultant
on a dispute concerning
the largest cemetery/columbarium
business in the western
United States.
Structured
acquisition and construction
of 200+ unit residential
property in Rancho San
Diego.
Managed
acquisition of large
Atlanta project involving
bond financing and intricate
ancillary credit enhancement
transactions.
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