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Jackson Walker
Leah Smith Sanchez

Leah Smith Sanchez

Associate, San Antonio
210.978.7724
lssanchez@jw.com
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Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Real Estate
  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Real Estate Financing

Biography

Leah Sanchez assists clients in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions throughout the state of Texas and nationwide. Leah regularly represents real estate developers, real estate investment funds, and national retailers in all aspects of real estate acquisition and disposition, including retail and office projects, mixed use developments, multi-family residential projects, industrial facilities, and unimproved land.

Leah also regularly represents tenants and landlords on retail leasing transactions, and has particular experience representing a publicly-traded national retailer expanding into the fast-growing Texas market.

In all aspects of her work, Leah coordinates each step of the transaction with a keen eye on the business implications for her clients by addressing client needs and offering legal guidance and solutions.

Education

B.A., cum laude, University of the Incarnate Word
J.D., Baylor University School of Law

Bar Admissions

Texas

Recognition & Accolades Attorney News
  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2023
  • “Best S.A. Lawyers” List, Real Estate Transactions, San Antonio Scene, 2020-2022
  • “San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law,” San Antonio Scene, 2021
  • “Rising Star Lawyers” List, Real Estate Transactions, San Antonio Scene, 2020, 2022

March 23, 2023

Attorney News

Jackson Walker Congratulates Its 2023 Texas Rising Stars

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce the selection of 63 attorneys to Thomson Reuters’ 2023 “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” list, which recognizes only 5% of Texas attorneys who either are 40 years of age or younger or have been in practice for 10 years or less.

JW Perspectives Newsletter 2022

November 17, 2022

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JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – November 2022

View Jackson Walker’s November 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.

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September 6, 2022

Attorney News

‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2022 “Best S.A. Lawyers” List

Jackson Walker congratulates the 42 practicing attorneys in the San Antonio office who were included in Scene in S.A.’s 2022 “Best S.A. Lawyers” list.

JW Perspectives Newsletter 2022

August 1, 2022

Newsletters

JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – August 2022

View Jackson Walker’s August 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.

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April 14, 2022

Attorney News

‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes 13 Jackson Walker Attorneys Among “San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law”

Jackson Walker proudly congratulates the 13 women attorneys who have been named to Scene in S.A.’s survey of the “Outstanding Women in Law” for 2022.

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January 25, 2022

Attorney News

‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes 12 Jackson Walker Attorneys Among 2022 “Rising Star Lawyers” List

To be selected for inclusion in the “Rising Star Lawyers” list, junior attorneys with 10 or fewer years in practice must be nominated by senior attorneys who have at least 15 years of experience practicing law.

JW Diversity & Inclusion social image 2021

October 5, 2021

Newsletters

JW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – October 2021

View Jackson Walker’s October 2021 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.

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July 14, 2021

Attorney News

‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes 38 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 “Best S.A. Lawyers” List

In its 17th year, the “Best S.A. Lawyers” list presents attorneys across 80 distinct practice areas who were nominated by fellow licensed, practicing attorneys of Bexar County. The survey takes the voters for each attorney into account, including where the voter works, their practice area, and how many years they have practiced.

SA Scene Outstanding Women in Law (April 2021)

April 19, 2021

Attorney News

‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes 14 Jackson Walker Attorneys Among Inaugural List of “San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law”

Jackson Walker proudly congratulates the 14 women attorneys who have been named to Scene in S.A.’s inaugural survey of “San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law.”

San Antonio Scene Best SA Lawyers 2020

July 30, 2020

Attorney News

‘Scene in S.A.’ Recognizes 40 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2020 “Best S.A. Lawyers” and “Rising Star Lawyers” Lists

In its 16th year, the “Best S.A. Lawyers” list presents attorneys across 80 distinct practice areas who were nominated by fellow licensed, practicing attorneys of Bexar County.

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Recognition & Accolades

  • Texas Rising Star, Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, 2023
  • “Best S.A. Lawyers” List, Real Estate Transactions, San Antonio Scene, 2020-2022
  • “San Antonio’s Outstanding Women in Law,” San Antonio Scene, 2021
  • “Rising Star Lawyers” List, Real Estate Transactions, San Antonio Scene, 2020, 2022

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Real Estate
  • Investment, Leasing, & Management
  • Real Estate Financing
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