Laura A. Colca

Partner

Laura A. Colca is a skilled transactional and corporate counselor, intellectual property attorney, and litigator who brings more than 20 years of experience to her practice. Laura is a trusted legal advisor to a wide variety of clients, including manufacturing and technology companies, construction and development companies, retail and hospitality franchises, media entities, higher education institutions, nonprofits, and small and family-owned businesses. Whether acting as outside general counsel to a long-time client or parachuting in to handle a complicated matter, Laura’s practice includes high-value transactions; corporate formation, governance, and dissolution; commercial litigation and contractual disputes; and numerous matters related to trademarks, patents, and copyrights.

As a prominent member of several legal, business, and professional organizations, including the American Business Women’s Association, the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), and Professional Women in Construction (PWC), Laura devotes a significant portion of her practice to advising to women business owners and executives in many industries on the unique challenges and opportunities for women- and minority-owned businesses.

Experience Highlights

Laura has led multiple multimillion-dollar merger-and-acquisition transactions, and possesses a deep understanding of the complexities of due diligence, regulatory compliance, and tactical key employee issues in the M&A process. Laura also regularly drafts complex contracts, and is skilled at negotiating critical business governing agreements, including confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, terms and conditions, distribution agreements, licenses, and commercial leases.

Complementing Laura’s transactional experience is her capability in the litigation arena. Laura is experienced in commercial and business litigation, and regularly represents clients in commercial disputes in both state and federal courts in matters involving breach of contract issues, corporate dissolution, and trade secret misappropriation.

Rounding out Laura’s triple-threat business law skill set is her intellectual property experience. Laura is well-versed in trademark law, having successfully obtained numerous federally registered trademarks for her clients. Additionally, Laura has co-chaired several complex patent infringement litigations in federal courts across the country, including appearances before the Federal Circuit.