About Us

Leslie graduated from Harvard Law School in 1998 with her Juris Doctorate (J.D.) degree.  She earned her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree, with Honors in Psychology, from the University of Michigan in 1995.  She is also a graduate of Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Leslie’s legal career started as a real estate attorney at Hunton & Williams in Richmond, Virginia.  She broadened her expertise to include business organization and administration as well as estate planning with a small Richmond law firm.  She is also experienced in the corporate real estate world where she worked for GMAC Model Home Finance, a company that provides financing to large public builders.  At GMAC, Leslie facilitated the purchase of hundreds of model homes and managed a team administrating the purchase and development of large parcels of land.  During law school at Harvard, she worked as a summer clerk for Federal Magistrate Judge Alexander Denson.

Leslie grew up in Elizabethtown, North Carolina. She knows what a wonderful place this state is to live and do business.  After six years in Virginia, Leslie decided it was time to come back home.  She currently lives in Cary, North Carolina, with her husband and two dogs, where she started the Law Office of Leslie A. Argenta, PLLC.

Leslie is a member of the North Carolina State Bar and the Virginia State Bar.  She is also a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, Wake County Bar Association, National Association of REALTORS, the North Carolina Association of REALTORS, and the Raleigh Regional Association of REALTORS.