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Edgel C. Lester, Jr.

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Edgel C. Lester, Jr.

Edgel C. Lester, Jr.

Leader, Real Estate and Mortgage Financing Practice Group
 
Carlton Fields, P.A.
4221 West Boy Scout Boulevard, Suite 1000
Tampa, Florida  33607-5736
(Hillsborough Co.)

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3239, Tampa, FL, 33601-3239

Telephone: 813-229-4231
Fax: 813-229-4133
http://www.carltonfields.com/elester/



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Practice AreasFinance; Mortgages; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions
 
EducationUniversity of Kentucky, J.D., 1982, Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1972; Middle Tennessee State University, M.A., 1975
 
Admitted1982, Florida; Florida State Courts; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
 
MembershipsAmerican College of Commercial Finance Lawyers; Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys ; American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Commercial Finance Services Committee, Real Estate, Finance Subcommittee, Assistant Chair); Hillsborough County Bar Association.
 
BornMiddletown, Ohio, 1950
 
BiographyAuthor: "Tenant Leasing Strategies: Improving Your Position," Counsel to Counsel Magazine (2006). Speaker, spoken at numerous seminars in the areas of real estate, finance and legal ethics, including several recent programs regarding Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, due diligence in loan transactions and Florida title insurance issues. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2005-2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 editions. Selected for inclusion in Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite 2005, 2007, and 2009 editions. Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008, and 2009 (Real Estate) editions. Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers 2007, 2008, and 2009 editions. Listed in The Legal 500 (Real Estate Transactions and Finance). Westshore Alliance, Board of Directors. Real Estate Investment Council, Inc. Leadership Tampa Alumni. Rotary Club International. Center for Ethics, University of Tampa, Advisory Board Member. H.B. Plant Museum, Board of Trustees, Member and President. University of Tampa, Board of Fellows, Board of Counselors (Former Chairman), Board of Trustees (Former Member). American Heart Association Metro Tampa Division, Former President. Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Director, Board of Directors. Editor-in-Chief, Kentucky Law Journal, 1981-1982.
 
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