Laura Ashley Martin

Laura Ashley Martin

Associate

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Laura Ashley Martin is an associate in the firm’s White Plains office. Prior to joining the firm, she served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. Her duties included managing a docket of over 200 cases from inception through discovery, dispositive motions and trial, as well as conducting legal research and preparing judicial opinions on numerous complex civil legal issues.

Laura Ashley received her J.D. in 2008 from the Pennsylvania State University – The Dickinson School of Law, where she was on the Penn State International Law Review editorial board. She was also a member of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team and was awarded the Order of Barristers. Laura Ashley earned her Bachelor of Arts in Bioethics in 2005 from Union College, where she was an active member of the Women’s Varsity Crew Team. 

Professional Affiliations
  • New York State Bar Association
Admitted to Practice
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
Civic Activities
  • USRowing Referee
  • Guiding Eyes for the Blind puppy raiser
Education
  • Union College, B.A., cum laude, 2005
  • Pennsylvania State University – The Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 2008
Publications/Presentations
  • Author, “The Pavlis Murder and Why Russia Changed the Russian Family Code and Policy on Foreign Adoption,” 26 Penn St. Int’l L. Rev. 709 (Winter 2008).
  • Author, “Foreign Adoption Policies of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China,” Sudebnik, vol. II, issue 2 (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill 2006).
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