Laura L. Weselmann
(253) 284-4416
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Practice: Business Transactions and Corporate Law, Taxation, Employment Law.

Experience: Laura is one of five partners and a founding member of Harlowe & Falk LLP. Her work with clients focuses on business transactions, taxation and employment law, including advice and recommendations regarding general corporate matters, business operations, state and federal tax, entity choice for small businesses, nonprofit formations and federal filings, mergers and acquisitions, and other commercial transactions.

Education: Laura received her B.A. in Economics from the University of Iowa (1995); her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law (1999); and her L.L.M. in Taxation from the University of Washington College of Law (2002). During law school at the University of Iowa, Laura was the Senior Symposium Editor for the Journal of Gender, Race & Justice.

Affiliations, Publications and Honors: Laura is a Member of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association, participating in the Business, Tax and Employment Law Sections of the Washington State Bar Association. She is a member of the Washington Women Lawyers, actively involved in the Pierce County Chapter of Washington Women Lawyers, including serving several years as Secretary of the Chapter. Laura recently joined the Board of the Safe Streets Campaign, a local nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower individuals, families, youth, neighborhoods and organizations to create safe neighborhoods. Washington Law & Politics has designated Laura as a "Rising Star", and she was named one of the Business Examiner's 40 Under Forty in 2007, which recognizes outstanding South Sound business and community leaders under the age of 40. Laura co-authored "Transcending Traditional Notions of Mothering: The Need for Critical Race Feminist Praxis" with Adrien Katherine Wing, which was published in the Journal of Gender, Race & Justice.