Laura joined the Minneapolis location of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in 2003, and as a senior associate her practice focuses primarily on intellectual property and international litigation matters. Laura's wide range of experience includes handling a variety of patent, trademark, trade secret, commercial and product liability litigation.  She represents clients ranging from individual inventors to multinational companies in a wide variety of industries including:

• Information technology
• Medical devices
• Electrical equipment
• Food and beverage
• Motorized recreational products

Prior to joining Fulbright, Laura served as an associate from 2000 to 2003 with Filice Brown Eassa & McLeod, a litigation boutique in the San Francisco Bay area.  A native Midwesterner, Laura has litigated 100-plus cases in her litigation career.

• International Trademark Association
  • Asia-Pacific Amicus Subcommittee, International Amicus Committee (IAC) (2008-Present)
• Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Hennepin County Bar Association

• "Minnesota Rising Star," Minnesota Law & Politics (2007, 2008, 2009)
• "Up and Coming Attorney," Minnesota Lawyer magazine, 2005 (list is comprised of attorneys admitted to the bar within the last six years. Laura was one of fifteen attorneys selected by the editors of Minnesota Lawyer based on criteria that included significant activity in the bar or community, professional accomplishments, leadership positions and/or demonstrating great promise)

• Contributor, Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments 2006-2008, American Bar Association, January 2009
• Co-Contributor, "Recent Developments in Intellectual Property Law," quarterly summaries, Intellectual Property Law Newsletter, American Bar Association, 2005 - 2008
• Co-Author "Arbitrating Abroad," Minnesota Lawyer, September 2007

• Co-Presenter, "Trademark Law Developments:  Changes That Impact Registration and Enforcement," Minnesota Intellectual Property Association CLE, February 14, 2008

1999 - J.D., University of San Diego School of Law
1993 - B.A., Speech Communication, University of Minnesota

While at the University of San Diego, Laura served as Chief Comments Editor for the International Law Journal. She was admitted to practice law in California and before the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California in 1999.  She was admitted to practice law in Minnesota in 2003 and the U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota in 2004. She is also admitted to the Eighth Circuit & Federal Circuit courts.

Laura enjoys photography, triathlons and reading.