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LESLIE S. MARELL

Leslie S. Marell is a business attorney and expert in contract law, with a gift for communicating. She brings her business contract knowledge to the corporate classroom in lively webinars and seminars, translating “legal mumbo jumbo” into understandable concepts in an entertaining way.

Leslie has practiced business and commercial law in California for over 25 years.

She has presented seminars and webinars throughout the country to thousands of purchasing, sales, and contracting professionals. She has given in-house presentations on Business Law, Contract Law, and Software Licensing to Apple, Boeing, City of Austin, Eastman Chemical, Goodrich, John Deere, Kohler, Mitsubishi, Orange County (California), SpaceX, Texaco, Toyota, Uber, University of California, Unocal, Valero, Verizon, Vivint and Yahoo.
Leslie is the principal at Marell Law Firm. The firm specializes in business contracts, software license agreements, employment law, and day- to day business/ legal matters. She’s provided contract review for Ajinomoto, AMD, FMC, Mitsubishi, US Borax, and Southern California Edison. She has published articles on contract law, business law, and intellectual property law. She is a co-author of Purchasing Handbook – A Guide for the Purchasing & Supply Professional published by McGraw-Hill.

Coaching with humor

Leslie’s presentations are a blend of lecture, coaching, anecdotal humor, and audience participation. She features real case studies to help connect the dots between theory and practical application.

The most frequent comments about Leslie’s presentations:

  • “I really feel more comfortable with these clauses. I can’t wait to put this information to use.”
  • “This is the best seminar I’ve attended!”
  • “I walked away with many ideas on how to better write my contracts.”
  • “I wish I had taken this course years ago when I started working with contracts.”

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