Laura is a transactional attorney, focusing on real estate, business, and estate planning.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Member, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Seattle & Sound (2008-Present)

Member, CREW Careers Committee, helping young women interested in working in the commercial real estate industry (2009-Present)

Liaison, Lutheran Alliance to Create Housing (LATCH) (2009-Present)

Member (2008-2012) and President (2009-2010), Faith Lutheran Church Council, ELCA

Member, King County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association, and the Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division

PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

(Speaker) "Estate Planning Issues for Everyone," presented at Lake Forest Park City Hall (March 18, 2010)

(Co-Author) "Planning Considerations for Clients Who Own and Co-Own Valuable Copyrights," 36 Real Property Probate & Trust (WSBA, Summer 2009)

(Speaker) "Estate Planning Demystified: The Top Ten Estate Planning Issues for Everyone," presented at Stokes Lawrence, P.S. (August 19, 2009)

(Speaker) "Commercial Landlord/Tenant Issues," addressing lease negotiations and pre-litigation strategies, Stokes Law Briefs (September 11, 2008)

(Author) "Climbing the Corporate Ladder: Gender, Leadership, and Attributions of Peers' Success."  Honors Research Thesis, Claremont McKenna College, 2004

RECOGNITION

Featured "New Associate Spotlight," WASHINGTON LAW & POLITICS (Spring 2008)

Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society (2004)

Award for "Best Overall Achievement" in Psychology for achievements in the field from 2000 - 2004, Claremont McKenna College (2004)

BACKGROUND & INTERESTS

Before joining the firm, Laura served as an extern for both the Civil Division of the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office and the City of Lake Forest Park.

Prior to attending law school, Laura worked one-on-one with autistic and speech-delayed children, providing behavioral modification therapy in both clinical and in-home settings.

Laura is a sports enthusiast, playing volleyball, summer league softball, and running road races for local and national charities. She also enjoys traveling, and has visited Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, England, Ireland, Scotland, Austria, Holland, Kenya, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. In her spare time, she is teaching herself to play the guitar.