| | Laura, a Partner, concentrates on environmental/remediation, employment discrimination, special education/disability law and general litigation matters in state and federal court. Her clients are corporations, including a Fortune 500 company in the petroleum industry, as well as public entities and individuals.
In her environmental practice, Laura counsels and represents clients in matters from regulatory and compliance issues to remediation claims and litigation, with an emphasis on soil and groundwater contamination. She works extensively with regional and state public agencies. In her employment practice, Laura defends clients against discrimination, retaliation, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) claims. She also handles other types of employment litigation and general employment issues, and she provides counseling advice to both employers and employees.
In addition, Laura has expertise in special education and disability law, representing individuals with disabilities and their families. Her practice includes special needs estate planning, guardianship proceedings, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) cases and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act matters. Laura previously was a litigator with a large New Jersey law firm.
Laura was selected in 2018 and 2019 for inclusion on the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars© list, based on a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Court Admissions
Education
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Asperger Syndrome Education Network (ASPEN)
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Young Lawyers and Women in the Profession Sections
- Essex County Bar Association, Young Lawyers and Juvenile Concerns Sections
- Learning Disabilities Association of America, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- New Jersey Special Education Practitioners, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA)
- New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
- New York County Lawyers Association
- Statewide Parent Advocacy Network of New Jersey (SPAN)
Committees
- Autism Speaks New Jersey Grants Committee
- Alpine Learning Group Human Rights Committee
Civic Involvement
- Board of Trustees, Care Plus NJ, Inc., a provider of comprehensive mental health and substance abuse services in northern New Jersey, chair
- Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, Alumni Mentoring Program
Clerkship
- Hon. Theodore A. Winard, Essex County Superior Court, 2004-2005
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