Laura has more than 20 years of experience representing employers before various governmental agencies, defending employers in employment-related litigation, counseling employers on various employment issues, and training employees on human resource and employment law issues.
- Virginias Legal Elite; Virginia Business Magazine, 2006, 2008-2012
- Influential Women of Virginia Award; Virginia Lawyers Weekly, 2010
- Women of Distinction; YWCA of South Hampton Roads, 2008
- Phi Beta Kappa; Washington University
- Omicron Delta Kappa; Washington University
- American Bar Association; Labor and Employment Law Section
- Virginia Bar Association; Labor and Employment Law Section
- Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
- Hampton Roads Society for Human Resource Managers
- The Dwelling Place Ecumenical Family Shelter, Inc.; Board Member
- Jewish Community Center of Tidewater; Past President
- United Jewish Foundation of Tidewater; Womens Cabinet
- United Jewish Federation of Tidewater; Board Member
- Cultural Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads; Board Member
- Washington University; A.B., University Honors, 1981
- Georgetown University Law Center; J.D., cum laude, 1984