Leslie Arsenault Metz
BSBA '08; MBA '22; JD '12 | North Palm Beach, FL
TITLE: General Counsel
COMPANY: Dakota Wealth Management
INDUSTRY: Financial Services
Leslie, General Counsel for Dakota Wealth Management, oversees all legal matters, including contract negotiation, mergers & acquisitions, and risk management. Previously, Leslie focused her law practice on complex commercial litigation and appellate law, such as shareholder derivative actions, fraud, trade secrets, and breach of fiduciary duty.
In 2018, Leslie was appointed to The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors (“YLD”), for which she currently serves as its Treasurer and an elected representative of the 15th Circuit. She has served on numerous committees, such as Practicing with Professionalism, Inclusion & Equality, Long Range Planning, and Moot Court. Most notably, she served as Chair for the 2021 Affiliate Outreach Conference – the YLD’s largest annual event hosting bar associations from across Florida. Her work as Chair earned her the 2021 Most Productive Young Lawyers Division Board Member Award – one of the organization’s most prestigious awards.
In addition, Leslie is actively involved in the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the Library Advisory Board for the Village of North Palm Beach, and is Past President of the Palm Beach County Gator Club.
Leslie has been named by Best Lawyers in America “Ones to Watch” and Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Star, and co-authored the Florida chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide for “Litigation & Dispute Resolution.”
A proud “triple Gator”, Leslie earned her undergraduate degree in finance, law degree, and MBA from the University of Florida. She lives in North Palm Beach with her husband, Mike, a fellow UF graduate.
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