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Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gordon & Rees' Leslie Benitez

Law360, New York (June 12, 2014, 10:46 AM EDT) -- Leslie A. Benitez is co-managing partner of Gordon & Rees LLP's Austin, Texas, office. She began her career in 1977 at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas' supreme court for criminal cases. After several years, she moved to the Texas Office of the Attorney General, where she did appellate work and argued cases in federal appeals courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. She also served as chief of the Law Enforcement Division, overseeing a staff of attorneys representing the state of Texas in state and federal court litigation. After the Texas attorney general became governor, Benitez was asked to serve as the governor's general counsel, where she was a member of the governor's senior staff and advised him on statewide legal issues....

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