Leslie A. Watson

E-mail: leslie@thebusypen.com

Phone: (612) 275-6225

Relevant Experience:

08/01 to present

Freelance writer of magazine articles, marketing copy, newsletters, and grant requests. Representative clients: Smith Partners, University of Minnesota Law School Alumni Association, Family Times, Green Gardens, Inc.

01/06 to present

Associate attorney, Smith Partners, PLLP, 123 N. Third Street, #808, Minneapolis, MN 55401. Practice area: Water Resources and Strategic Partnerships.

09/00 to 05/06

Adjunct Faculty, University of Minnesota Law School. Attorney director for Wagner Labor Law moot court program, an appellate advocacy program for second and third-year law students with both legal writing and oral advocacy components.

09/00 to 08/01

Associate attorney, Smith Parker, PLLP, 123 N. Third Street, #808, Minneapolis, MN 55401.

08/99 to 08/00

Law clerk for The Hon.Thomas J.Kalitowski, Minnesota Court of Appeals. Performed legal research and prepared legal memoranda; edited and cite checked court opinions.

Education:

University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1999.
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, B.A., English, 1991.
Oberlin College., Oberlin, OH, 09/86 - 01/88.

Miscellany:

Admitted to the Minnesota bar, October 1999.
Board Member, Eastside Food Cooperative Board of Directors, 2551 Central Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN, 2002 to present.