LeeAnn Aldridge is a Partner in the Savannah office and concentrates her practice in the areas of Commercial Finance and Commercial Real Estate.  Ms. Aldridge has extensive experience representing commercial lenders in the negotiation and documentation of loans and sale leaseback transactions across the United States.  Prior to moving to Savannah, Ms. Aldridge was a commercial litigator in Philadelphia, representing lending institutions in Pennsylvania and New Jersey with regard to their commercial foreclosures and workouts, giving her a practical perspective on the loan documents which she now negotiates and drafts. 

Ms. Aldridge also represents real estate developers and franchisees as both a general advisor and with regard to financing needs.  She has worked closely with a number of restaurant franchisors and hospitality licensors and is particularly knowledgeable about those industries. 

Ms. Aldridge is a member of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys and, in 2007, was elected to the ACMA Board of Regents.    She is admitted to practice law in the States of Georgia, South Carolina and New Jersey, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 

Ms. Aldridge is the Practice Group Leader for the Commercial Finance Group and is one of the founding members of the MRM Pro Bono Project, the Firm's pro bono initiative. 

LeeAnn graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1989, and is currently the President of the Princeton Club of Savannah.  She clerked for the Honorable Horace W. Gilmore, Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, in the summer of 1991, and graduated from Villanova University Law School with a  Juris Doctor in 1992

• Professional Affiliations

  • American College of Mortgage Attorneys: Fellow and Regent
    
  • Best Lawyers: Real Estate Law, 2007 
    
  • Georgia Super Lawyers: 2008
    
  • Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star: 2005 & 2006
    
  • Martindale Hubbell: AV Rated
    
  • New Jersey Bar Association
    
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association
    
  • South Carolina Bar Association
    
  • Savannah Bar Association
    
  • State Bar of Georgia