Laura helps clients navigate through complex commercial disputes. She strives to help her clients find business solutions to brewing disputes before they evolve into litigation, but, if an issue does enter the court system, she guides clients through initial pleadings and motions, multi-phase discovery, settlement negotiations and trial.

Laura has obtained pre-discovery dismissals for many of her clients facing daunting allegations, saving them the time and expense of litigation. For cases that do proceed to discovery, Laura helps her clients minimize the burden of complying with increasingly complex obligations and timelines while staking out the most advantageous position to put the client in the strongest position to resolve the case, whether through settlement or judgment. Laura has obtained favorable litigation outcomes and settlements for clients facing technology service contract disputes, financial services litigation and class actions.

Laura joined the firm after serving as a law clerk to the Hon. Richard Smoak of the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida. In addition to her skillful representation of commercial clients, Laura focuses much attention on pro bono efforts to vindicate the constitutional rights of incarcerated individuals. For this work, in 2017 Laura was honored with the Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award.

Laura is admitted to practice in the Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Florida Supreme Court, Florida District Courts of Appeal, and US District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of Florida, magna cum laude, 2012

Master of Statistics, University of Florida, 2012

BS, Statistics, University of Florida, with honors, 2008

BA, Economics, University of Florida, with honors, 2008

• Broad experience in civil litigation, including complex mass tort, class action, intellectual property, and lender fraud actions.
• Representation of national petroleum pipeline company in defense of riparian landowners’ claims for property damage resulting from spill of fuel oil from pipeline.
• Representation of national restaurant company in intellectual property and personal injury litigation.
• Representation of natural gas pipeline company building new interstate pipeline.
• Representation of beverage manufacturer in product liability litigation.
• Representation of national manufacturer in breaches of purchase and sale agreements.
• Representation of municipality in action alleging unauthorized collection of taxes.

• Member, Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division
• Member, State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division
• Member, Atlanta Bar Association
• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder Program
• Advisory Committee Member, Atlanta Legal Aid Society
• Subcommittee Co-chair, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Mediation Committee

• The Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award, 2017
• Randolph Williams Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service, 2015 - 2017

• THE BRIEF: Spring 2021 Financial Services Litigation Quarterly