Press Release

Bradley is pleased to announce that Laura G. Hester, partner and chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, has been selected among the Connect CRE 2024 Women in Real Estate Awards winners for the Atlanta & Southeast region.

The Connect CRE’s eighth annual Women in Real Estate Awards honor the achievements and inspirational stories of women who have reached respected leadership positions and who mentor others in the commercial real estate industry. Ms. Hester is the only recipient from a law firm out of the 10 honorees in the Atlanta & Southeast region.

Ms. Hester is part of the team that helped open Bradley’s Atlanta office in 2023 and in August 2024 she was named chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. She is a business lawyer with a practice focused on complex commercial real estate and corporate transactions, regularly working with owners, developers, lenders, investors and managers of hotel, multi-family, student housing, condominium, retail, office and industrial properties.

Connect CRE is a full-service marketing and strategic media company focused on the commercial real estate industry, providing daily news covering CRE transactions and trends.

The full list of the 2024 Connect CRE Women in Real Estate winners is available here: https://www.connectcre.com/awards/2024-women-in-real-estate-awards/

Bradley’s Real Estate Practice Group is deeply embedded in the commercial real estate industry, serving every sector of the market, including office, multi-family, industrial, healthcare and medical, hospitality, and residential tract development, whether through acquisitions, financing, lending, leasing, construction, regulatory, tax, and other legal counsel, guidance or advice. The team handles complex, multimillion-dollar projects for large institutions, as well as routine transactions for clients whose primary interests are in real estate investment or development.