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Leslie Hodge

Investor

Partner & General Counsel at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure

New York, NY

About

Leslie Hodge is a lawyer with over a decade of experience in renewable energy, having advised companies ranging from Fortune 100 firms to startups on the development, construction, financing, and operation of solar, wind, storage, hydro, and conventional power assets. Before joining Segue, she worked in the Global Projects practice of an Am Law 100 firm, and previously served as Deputy General Counsel and later Senior Director of Investments at Sol Systems, where she led project and portfolio transactions. Earlier in her career she was counsel to the Department of Justice's Renewable Energy Initiative and worked as a prosecutor in New York and Illinois. She holds a B.A. from Cornell University and a J.D. from Temple University's Beasley School of Law.

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Invests in

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Experience

  1. Segue Sustainable InfrastructureGeneral Counsel and Vice Presidentcurrent2021 — present
  2. Baker BottsGlobal Projects Attorney2019 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. MintzEnergy Project Finance and Corporate & Securities Attorney2019Washington, DC
  4. Sol SystemsSenior Director, Investments2018 — 2019Washington D.C. Metro Area
  5. Sol SystemsDeputy General Counsel2014 — 2017
  6. U.S. Department of JusticeAssistant General Counsel, Renewable Energy Initiative2010 — 2014
  7. Burnes & LibmanTrial Attorney2008 — 2010
  8. Nassau County District AttorneyAssistant District Attorney2007 — 2008
  9. Defender Association of PhiladelphiaCertified Clinical Law Clerk2006
  10. Philadelphia District Attorney’s OfficeCertified Law Clerk2006
  11. U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of PennsylvaniaLaw Clerk2005

Education

  1. Cornell UniversityBA, History
  2. Temple University - James E. Beasley School of LawJD, Law

Skills & more

Litigation24Criminal Law26Appeals8Courts12Trials15Hearings4Arbitration6Government7Policy9Legal Research9Non-profits6Legal Writing28
+9 moreFederal ProcurementMotion PracticeRenewable EnergyProject FinanceFinancial TransactionsStart-upsCorporate LawTransactionsEnergy Contracting

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Same school

Also attended Cornell University509

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMicah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder CollectiveAlexandra FarmerPrincipal at Intel Capital, North America

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Also attended Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law4

Alex KatzGeneral Counsel at Ff Venture CapitalRomina GomezLead Web Engineer at Struck CapitalReba BeesonGeneral Counsel at AlphaPointAmy BanseManaging Director at Comcast Ventures

Shared employers

Also worked at Baker Botts2

Nina MahmoudpourGeneral Counsel & Chief of Staff at Type One VenturesNicole ConnerPartner at Airbus Ventures

Also worked at Mintz4

Jim WodarskiVenture Partner & Advisor at 1414 VenturesCarrie NixonNixon Gwilt Law at Empactful CapitalWilliam "Mo" CowanBoard Chair at MassChallenge MexicoBrian NovellAccount Executive at Jefferson Capital

Also worked at U.S. Department of Justice18

Linda CuretonBoard Member at Maryland TEDCOMarissa SterlingSenior Platform Associate at BURNT ISLAND VENTURESAniqua BokhariLegal Counsel at Red Cell IncubationKaren SkeltonAdvisor, Visiting Scholar At Stanford's Doerr School Of Sustainability; Former Senior Policy Advisor, US Department Of Energy at Overture ClimateFeras MousilliStartup Law, Technology Transactions, and Intellectual Property at Seed Round CapitalPaul AppelbaumInvestor at Upper90

+ 12 more

Also worked at Nassau County District Attorney1

Ann PauloseSenior Investor Relations Associate at Greycroft

Colleagues at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure

Ari Fontanilla
Executive Assistant at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
Dan Vickery
Partner at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
David Riester
Managing Partner at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
Joseph Song
Partner at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
Katie Vorhis
Deputy General Counsel at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
Kristina Shih
Partner at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
Lambros Theofanidis
Principal at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure
Neerav Jashnani
Principal at Segue Sustainable Infrastructure