Laura A. Callahan
Laura Callahan
Jacksonville
Florida (FL)
Family Law
Profile
Ms. Callahan has practiced family law since 2004 when she was admitted to the California Bar. She gained admission to the Florida Bar in 2007, and has been associated with the Law Office of Elizabeth Ondriezek. P.A. since that time. Ms. Callahan graduated from Whittier Law School (California) in May 2004, with a certificate from the Center for Children's Rights. She is passionate about assisting families with the unique challenges involved with dissolution of marriage, paternity and dependency matters; providing juveniles with zealous representation in the delinquency system; and facilitating all types of adoptions in family and juvenile court.
Selected To
2012 Florida Rising Stars
Florida Rising Stars 2011
Florida Rising Stars 2010
About Laura Callahan
Admitted: 2007, Florida
Professional Webpage: ondriezeklaw.com/about-us.html
Honors and Awards:
- CALI Award, Writ and Appellate Practice, 2003
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Florida Adoption Council
- Orange County Bar Association from 2004-2007
- Whittier Law School Alumni Association from 2004-2007
- Whittier Law School Law Review from 2002-2004
- Jacksonville Lawyers' Roundtable
- Florida Family Law American Inns of Court, Associate
- Jacksonville Bar Association
- International Study Abroad, Loyola University Chicago School of Law: International Human Rights and Comparative Family Law, 2002
- Adoption Symposium Coordinator, Whittier Law School, 2003
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Acting as attorney ad litem in local dependency matters
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Graduate thesis, Rates of Recidivism for Juvenile Offenders Exposed to Electronic Monitoring: The Community Detention Program, Los Angeles, CA, 23 Call 1999 California State University, Los Angeles
- Comment: "Controversial Scientific Evidence: When the Victim is a Child, Shouldn't we Daubert, Rather Than Frye?" Volume 24, No. 4 (2003) Whittier Law Review, 2003
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Outstanding Law Review Member, 2003
- CALI Award, Writ and Appellate Practice, 2003
- Center for Children's Rights Fellowship Certificate, 2004
Educational Background:
- Justice Semester, American University, Washington, DC, 1991
- Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice and Sociology, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, 1993
- Master of Science, Criminal Justice Administration, California State University, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
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