Leslie serves as Vice President and Senior Commercial Underwriting Counsel for Commonwealth Land Title's Boston National Commercial Services (NCS) operation. A title industry veteran, she began her career in 1985 as an underwriting attorney with SAFECO Title. After a few years in private practice, Leslie worked for Chicago Title, First American, and then back to Chicago Title in 2001 working in both agency and direct operations. Now, as a member of the Boston NCS team, she looks forward to continuing her dedication to offering clients creative solutions in a timely manner despite any challenges that may arise. Leslie has underwritten virtually every type of commercial transaction in the industry, from small to large. She has worked on projects involving federal and state governments, colleges and universities, hospitals, casinos, air rights, and energy plants, in addition to office towers, mixed use and multi phased development, condominium complexes and waterfront projects.

Leslie has been a past co-chair of the Boston Bar Association (BBA) Title and Conveyancing Committee and of the BBA Real Estate Section, and was also a member of the BBA Real Estate Steering Committee. She is a long time member of the Real Estate Bar Association (REBA) and has been a member of its Title Standards Committee for almost 20 years. Leslie is also the current President of The Abstract Club, a professional and honorary society limited to 100 lawyers in Massachusetts who focus on matters in real estate law. She is active in CREW Boston and served as co-chair of CREW Careers, a national educational outreach program for high school girls. Leslie has served for the last ten years on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing, Community Development, Nonprofit Legal Assistance and Homelessness and is also involved with its Marketing and Strategic Planning Committees. She has also served as a speaker, lecturer, and author on title insurance matters and continuing legal education topics for Mass Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), BBA, MBA, REBA, NELTA, NEWIRE and MCA, as well as at Company forums and real estate broker and lender symposiums.

Leslie earned a BA in Economics from Boston College and a JD from Suffolk University Law School. She moved to Boston for college and never left. Leslie has raised her family in Boston and thrives on all the city has to offer. She especially enjoys the people of all ages and from all walks of life she meets while participating in various activities, events and classes.