LeAnne M. Gilbert
LeAnne M. Gilbert
Partner
LeAnne Gilbert is an attorney who specializes in fiduciary and commercial litigation. Ms. Gilbert represents corporate fiduciaries, trustees, executors, business partners, and estate and trust beneficiaries in a variety of contract and fiduciary disputes. Ms. Gilbert’s approach to her practice is centered on aggressively advocating for her clients’ claims and being mindful of settlement opportunities. From initial case analysis through the trial, Ms. Gilbert guides clients through all phases of litigation, providing expert legal advice and honest analysis of unique legal disputes.
Ms. Gilbert earned her J.D. at the University of Toledo College of Law in 1999. She began her career as a litigator at Long Aldridge & Norman LLP, focusing on securities and products liability cases.
Since joining Gaslowitz Frankel LLC in 2006, Ms. Gilbert has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in multimillion-dollar fiduciary claims and estate litigation.
Ms. Gilbert’s passion for her practice is rooted in helping her clients achieve positive results while working to keep their family relationships intact.
Awards and Recognition
- Order of the Coif – Member, 1998
- University of Toledo Law Review – Editor-in-Chief, May 1998
- Selected by peers for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers from 2021-2024.
Bar Admissions and Court Memberships
Georgia 1999
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
Tennessee 2021
- Supreme Court of Tennessee
- Tennessee Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
Education
University of Toledo, B.A. 1996
University of Toledo, College of Law, Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude 1999
Professional Associations
- Immediate Past Chair, Fiduciary Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Chair, Fiduciary Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Vice Chair, Fiduciary Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Secretary, Fiduciary Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Assistant Secretary, Fiduciary Section, State Bar of Georgia 2019-2020
- Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Leadership Committee 2017-2018
Professional Speaking Engagements
- “Wine, Wealth & Women,” The Saunders Firm, Atlanta, GA, September 2021
- “Do You Like my Hat? The Ethics of Lawyers Serving as Fiduciaries,” 53rd Annual Fiduciary Law Institute, July 2018
- “When the Trust is Gone, Trusts may be the Answer – Estate Planning Section” Atlanta Bar Association, November 3, 2023
Publications
- “Duncan v. Rawls — S.E.2d — March 16th 2018: What Happened”
- The Mortmain, Atlanta Bar Association, March 2018.
- “Survival of the Lucid Interval Doctrine After Mosely v. Warnock”
- The Mortmain, Atlanta Bar Association, June 2008.
- You’re No Good, Baby You’re No Good: Saying Goodbye to the Recalcitrant Trustee
- Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning 2023 – Co-author
- Georgia Provisions on Directed Trusts
- ACTEC – September 2022 Co-author
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