Professional Memberships
Lesley is committed to public service through volunteer efforts. She currently serves as Chair of the Executive Committee of the Securities Section for the Bar Association of San Francisco, as well as Chair of BASF’s cybersecurity and privacy committee. She has been a repeat presenter at the Bolch Institute’s MDL Certificate training program and is one of the original drafters of the Duke MDL Diversity Guidelines. She has been honored to serve as a panelist at multiple seminars by the Practicing Law Institute; the California Lawyers Association; the BA; the Golden State Institute; Women En Masse; California ABOTA; and many others. She is a past Co-Chair of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom; a past Co-Chair of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center; past National Chair of the National Center for Lesbian Rights; and past Vice-President and Director of the Board of the Frameline Film Festival. She has served on the advisory board for the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights; the board of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (now OutRight); and volunteers for Rotary, having been a Rotary exchange student herself.
Awards
Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer
Lawdragon
2025
Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer
Lawdragon
2024
Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer
Lawdragon
2023
Super Lawyer
Thompson Reuters
Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers
National Trial Lawyers
Elite Women of the Plaintiff's Bar
National law Journal
California Lawyer of the Year
CLAY
2018