Former Parkland Hospital GC Joins Dallas Boutique

(July 27) – Paul Leslie, the executive vice president and general counsel at Parkland Hospital in Dallas for the last eight years, is returning to private practice at Estes Thorne & Carr, the women-owned boutique announced on Thursday.

Leslie, a past winner of the General Counsel Forum’s Magna Stella Award for Outstanding General Counsel in the government/non-profit category, led a legal team of nine attorneys and 19 support staff at Parkland. During his tenure at the public hospital, he managed large, complex transactions including the construction of Parkland’s new $1.3 billion facility and the formation of the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation.