She is third generation South Walton County, Florida. Laura received her Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Maine magna cum laude in 2009. Laura attended Charlotte School of Law and received her juris doctorate in 2013. During law school she received the Queen City Merit Scholarship, was on the Dean’s List, and was Vice-President of the Real Estate Law Society. She studied abroad with Cornell Law School at The Sorbonne in Paris. Laura began as a law clerk at Burke, Blue, Hutchison, Walters & Smith, P.A., and was promoted to Associate Attorney upon her acceptance to the Florida Bar in 2014.