Leslie Marell is a business law attorney with over 20 years of experience in business contracts, purchasing and sales law, technology law & employment law. She heads her own Los Angeles firm which specializes in providing legal services to the manufacturing, industrial and high technology industries.

Since 1990, Ms. Marell has presented seminars nationally to thousands of participants on the topics of Contract law, Negotiating and Writing business contracts, and Intellectual Property Law. She is a frequent speaker at the ISM (formerly NAPM) International Conference, the Electronics Sales Representatives’ Association (ERA) and trade associations, including the Sales and Marketing Executives International (SMEI) Forum.

Her success as a speaker is based on her ability to convert the “legal mumbo jumbo” into understandable, useful concepts in an informative, entertaining, and humorous manner.

Ms. Marell has published many articles on contract law, business law, and intellectual property law. She co-authored “The Purchasing Handbook – A Guide for the Purchasing & Supply Professional” (McGraw/ Hill), serves on the advisory board of the Purchasing Law Report magazine, and authored numerous legal columns for Electronic Buyers’ News, ISM Insight magazine, and other trade journals.

She has published a collection of business contracts for supply management professionals which are offered for sale through Marell Legal Products whose website address is www.marell.com.