About your Mediator.
Laura is a smart, passionate, and empathetic mediator who is ready to serve your needs. As a successful attorney with years of experience, she has litigated employment class actions, construction, and police officer cases in California and Washington. In San Francisco, she also clerked for a family law judge and volunteered at a nonprofit to help evicted tenants. Laura regularly serves as a settlement officer in employment and personal injury cases through Resolve Law LA. She has a calm and positive demeanor, despite handling emotionally difficult or complex cases. As an avid reader of alternative dispute resolution ("ADR") materials, she is well versed in negotiation strategies that will help resolve your case.
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Laura is honored to be an American Arbitration Association ("AAA") Higginbotham Fellow and is actively using the skills gained in this program to improve her clients' lives.
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In addition to her strong legal skills, Laura is a mom to three small children. Motherhood continues to teach her patience, compassion, and humility. She considers every day a blessing. In her spare time, Laura values connecting with her community through yoga, jogging, and a book club, as well as volunteer coaching kids in track and field events. Laura and her software engineer husband enjoy their home, family, and friends in the Bay Area, CA, as well as traveling.
Education: Laura received her 40-hour mediation certification from the University of California Davis in 2024. She received her J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law in 2012 and her B.A. with honors from Stanford University in 2009.
Gilda Turitz, Best Lawyers of America® 2025 Mediation “Lawyer of the Year” in San Francisco
"Some of the employment cases Laura has been assigned to mediate and successfully resolved more accurately could be characterized as commercial disputes and often are quite complex. I believe that in a short period of time, Laura has taken thoughtful, productive and affirmative steps to become involved with the mediation community and pursue opportunities. I highly recommended Laura as a mediator."
Attorney Testimonials
“Laura did an amazing job as a mediator. It was a miracle this case settled."
“Laura was legendary! A pleasure to work with her."
"Laura did a great job. She was efficient with time and persistent even when it looked like the case would not settle. I recommend her for further cases. Thank you for working to resolution."
Angel Garrett, Shareholder at Littler Mendelson, the world’s largest labor and employment law firm
“I believe that Laura’s intelligence and poise in various situations is what has led her to become a mediator and that she will thrive. Using her experience as a litigator and what she learned through the mediation programs she attended, Laura mediated numerous cases and successfully settled most of her cases. In several instances, the cases were nuanced and both sides were reluctant to resolve the matter, despite agreeing to a settlement conference. However, Laura was able to help both parties come to an agreement, offering sound arguments and reasons that persuaded each party that it would be better to settle the matter rather than risk litigation. Given that Laura is interested in employment disputes and her success to date in resolving such matters, I recommend her to my colleagues. ”
