Helene R. Leone
Shareholder
Business, Trust & Estate, and Real Estate and Land Use Groups. Ms. Leone is also a certified public accountant who concentrates her practice in the areas of corporate, commercial and general business representations, primarily focusing on counseling small and emerging businesses and entrepreneurs in matters of entity selection, formation and organization, sales and acquisitions of businesses, and ongoing operations, as well as matters involving the sale, acquisition, financing and leasing of commercial real estate and related land use matters.
Areas of Practice
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Organizations
- Business Successions
- Formation & Business Planning
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
- Land Use & Zoning
- Real Estate Law
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Public Accountant
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
Education
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey
- J.D. - 1983
- Rutgers University
- B.A. - 1975
- Honors: With High Honors
Published Works
- Finding A Competitive Advantage? , Intelligent Business, May, 2011
Classes/Seminars
- Real Estate Transactions: Navigating Landmines of Agents' Liability, a part of Surety Title’s Educational Seminar Series, 2012
- Business Contracts & Agreements: The Basics, Rutgers Small Business Development Center, 2012
- Real Estate Transactions - Navigating Landmines of Agents’ Liability, a part of Surety Title’s Educational Seminar Series, 2012
- Business Succession Planning, Financial Representatives of Northwest Mutual Life Insurance Company, 2011
- Business Ownership, Contracts and Agreements, Regional Small Business Development Center’s Advanced Entrepreneurial Certificate Series, 2011
- Legally Speaking, Does Your Business Have The Right Legal Designation, BizBuzz Network, 2010
- Basic Business Contracts and Agreements, Burlington Cunty College, 2010
- Using Agreements to Prevent Disputes Among Business Owners, presented to clients and friends, 2009
- Business Continuation Agreements - An Overview and Identification of Insurance Planning Options, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, 2008
- Labor & The Law, New Jersey Small Business Decvelopment Center, Rutgers University-Camden and the United States Postal Service, 2002
Honors and Awards
- Named a Super Lawyer as voted by her peers and facilitated by Law & Politics and New Jersey Monthly
- Recognized as one of South Jersey's Top Attorneys as published by SJ Magazine
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Member
- New Jersey Bar Association, Member
- New Jersey Law Journal, Member, Editorial Board, 2006 - 2008
- New Jersey Small Business Development Center, Advisory Board, Member, 1993 - 1997
- Subaru Center for Learning at the Garden State Discovery Museum, Board of Trustees
- Women's Business Enterprise National Council, Certification Committee, Member, 1998 - 2005
- Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, Adjunct Professor, Business Law, 1991
- Legal aspects of business ownership and handling tax disputes before the IRS, Guest Speaker/Panelist to Various Groups
- Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Real Estate Transactions, 2008
- Seminar and workshop presentations and legal consultation with clients of the Regional, Small Business Development Center of Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, Instructor/Consultant
- Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Small Business Practicum, 2009
- Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, Adjunct Professor, Small Business Counseling (1994-1997; 2003-2004)
- Rutgers University of Camden, Guest Lecturer, Undergraduate and Graduate School of Business
Pro Bono Activities
- Council to the Board of Trustees of Mary's Vineyard, a New Jersey non-profit organization, 1997 - 1999
- Garden State Discovery Museum Center for Learning, Inc., Member, Board of Trustees, 2007 - Present
- Sky Help, Inc., Member, Board of Trustees, 2006 - Present
