Laurance D. Pless

Shareholder

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

Phone: (404) 885-5229 (Direct)
E-mail: Email Me
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