She is partner in the law firm of Dennison & Dennison, P.A., which she co-founded with John Dennison in 1988. Laura graduated cum laude from Florida International University in Miami in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. In 1978,she graduated from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. Earlier in her formal education, in 1976, Laura studied at the Universidad de EL Salvador Centroamericano in San Salvador, El Salvador, where she analyzed pre-revolution politics through observation of political parties.