Laura's clients, primarily Fortune 500 corporations, rely on her to assist them with practical, cost-effective solutions to their e-discovery, records management and data privacy issues.  Laura, who spent thirteen years as a litigator and trial attorney for large corporations in document-intensive cases, is a former Honor's Program Attorney with the Department of Justice and a recipient of the Department's Outstanding Performance Award.  She brings this same high quality and level of performance to her clients now as she counsels them on how to best address their records management, e-discovery and data privacy challenges; works with them to resolve e-discovery disputes with opposing counsel;and recommends strategies for defending and affirmatively using their company records during trial.  Laura is a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1). She has given multiple presentations on a variety of corporate records management and e-discovery issues.  She has lectured on protecting corporate officers from civil and criminal sanctions, including obstruction of justice, in the context of litigation and SOX records preservation requirements.  She also has spoken on good records creation practices; managing records retention, e-discovery and documents in  high-stakes cases; defending and affirmatively using company documents at trial; the applicability of the attorney-client privilege to corporate communications; litigation communication; and minimizing punitive damages.  Recent awards include Ingram's "40 under Forty," Kansas City Business Journal's "Best of the Bar," and Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers. Laura, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and a direct descendent of the first governor of the Chickasaw Nation, is a passionate diversity advocate.  She is a founding member of the University of Kansas Law School Diversity Advisory Council.  She also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Teen Success Club, which operates a self-esteem program for high school girls to enhance their chances of living lives free of domestic violence, poverty and depression.