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Laurance D. Pless

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Five Concourse Parkway, Suite 3200
Atlanta, GA 30328-7104

Phone: (404) 885-5229 (Direct)
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Web site: http://www.plessandsauro.com

Areas of Practice:

  • General Business and Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Contracts
  • Executive Employment Agreements
  • Noncompetes
  • Restrictive Covenants

Bar Admissions:

  • Georgia, 1980
  • U.S. Supreme Court, 2001

Education:

  • University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1980 J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence Honors: Holderness Moot Court Bench;
  • North Carolina Law Review, Staff Member, 1979 – 1980
  • Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1975 A.B., Bachelor of Arts Honors: Cum Laude Honors: with distinction in History Major: History
  • Asheville School, Asheville, North Carolina, 1971

Published Works:

  • Wellman v. Dickinson – Tender Offer Definition Expanded to Include Private Transactions, 59 N.C.L.Rev. 403, 1981
  • Note, Snepp v. United States – Short Shrift for the Prior Restraint, 59 N.C.L.Rev. 417, 1981

Representative Clients:

  • Atlanta Environmental Management Inc.
  • Avgroup, Inc.
  • BKV, Inc.
  • Expanded Technologies, Inc.
  • Strawbridge Studios, Inc.
  • William L. Willis Company

Honors and Awards:

  • Named by Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Superlawyer 2004-2010 in field of Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Who’s Who in America
  • Who’s Who in American Law
  • Who’s Who in the South
  • American Jurisprudence Award, Constitutional Law, 1979

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Atlanta Bar Association, Board of Directors, Business and Finance Law Section, 1999-2001, 2003-2006
  • American Bar Association
  • Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions, 2004-2006; M&A Dictionary Subcommittee, 2004-2006;
  • Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. (founded 1873, now The Regional Council of Churches of Atlanta, Inc.), Director, 1999 – 2003
  • Capital City Club, 1996 – Present
  • Lake Rabun Association, 1995 – Present
  • Asheville School Board of Trustees, 2002-present; Vice Chairman, 2005 – 2013; Chairman, 2014-Present
  • Chair, Trustees Committee, 2004-2013
  • St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1980 – Present
  • Trustee, Atlanta Girls’ School, 2011-2014
  • Brookwood Hills Community Association, Inc., Director, 1998 – 2001
  • Government Relations Director
  • State Bar of Georgia, 1980 – Present, Business Law Section, Corporate Code Committee, 2007-2010, Committee on International Trade in Legal Services, 2008 – Present
  • United States Supreme Court Bar, 2001 – Present
  • Lawyers Club of Atlanta, 1984 – Present
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001 – 2005, Board of Visitors
  • Executive Committee, ADC Harvest Ball (Fall 2005)

Pro Bono Activities:

  • Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Foundation, Saturday Lawyer Program, 1980 – 1992

Fraternities/Sororities:

  • Phi Delta Phi
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