Laura received her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was President and Training Director of the Harvard Mediation Program, a Chayes International Public Service Fellow, and an Assistant Managing Editor of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. While in law school, Laura served as a judicial intern to Honorable Gerald Lebovits of the New York State Supreme Court and participated in clinics focused on youth advocacy, food law and policy, and human rights, receiving recognition for completing over 1,000 hours of pro bono work.
Laura maintains an active pro bono practice at Weil, including working with Sanctuary for Families providing legal representation to victims of domestic violence. Prior to law school, Laura received her B.S., summa cum laude, from the State University of New York at Binghamton, where she received the Eugene C. Gerhart Senior Law Award. Laura is fluent in Russian and conversational in Spanish.
Laura has been a member of teams representing various parties in a number of in-court restructurings and other matters, including:
Debtor/Company-Side Experience:
- Foundever Group on its holistic recapitalization, including a $225 million equity investment by existing majority shareholders and a term loan exchange that reduced total debt by nearly $900 million.