Laura L. Richardson
Associate
richardsonll@lanepowell.com
503.778.2161
Areas of Practice
Laura L. Richardson is a trial attorney who represents businesses and individuals in a variety of
industries including publishing, solar, manufacturing, health products, and retail. Laura has experience with all stages of state and federal litigation, including factual investigations, written discovery,
substantive motion practice, settlement negotiations, trial preparation, and appeals. Laura has represented clients in a diverse array of litigated matters including class actions, contract disputes, public
records litigation, discrimination suits, false advertising/unfair competition actions, and anti-SLAPP
litigation.
Representative matters include:
• Defended weekly journal in a defamation action, in which plaintiff abandoned his suit upon our
filing of an anti-SLAPP motion.
• Obtained favorable settlement for a national financial institution in a discrimination suit.
• Obtained dismissal of a lawsuit against a national financial institution on a motion to dismiss.
• Successfully opposed motion for summary judgment in an intentional interference and racketeeing
action.
• Defended national retailer in class action, in which the plaintiff dismissed the action following
early discovery.
• Successfully argued motion to compel discovery in discrimination lawsuit.
Additionally, Laura has an active pro bono practice. In representing a death row inmate in Alabama,
she presented evidence of ineffective assistance of counsel during a four-day evidentiary hearing. She
also represented a city in a First Amendment action and obtained dismissal of the federal action on a
motion to dismiss and the related state action on an anti-SLAPP motion.
Professional Experience
Sidley Austin LLP, Litigation Associate (2013-2015)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Jon P. McCalla (2012-2013)
Paul Hastings, Summer Associate (2011)
Sidley Austin, Summer Associate (2010, 2011)
Admitted to Practice
Oregon
California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Sixth Circuits
U.S. District Courts for the District of Oregon, Western District of Tennessee, and all California
districts.
Academics
University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (J.D., 2012)
UCLA Law Review, Chief Comments Editor
UCLA Law Supreme Court Clinic
Kenyon College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2006)
Phi Beta Kappa
Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships
Litigation
Class Action Defense
Title III ADA Public Accommodation
Privacy and Data Security
Products Liability and Mass Torts Litigation
Retail
Publications
“My Business Was Hit With a Class Action! What Do I Do?” Seattle Business magazine, Co-author (December 2015)
“Can an Offer of Complete Relief to the Named Plaintiff Moot a Class Action?” Oregon State Bar’s Litigation Journal, Co-author (Fall 2015)
“Oregon Amends Data Breach Law — Companies Can Expect More Enforcement Actions,” Lane Powell Legal Update (July 24, 2015)
“When the Honey Runs Out: Strategies for Combatting Consumer Class Action Suit,” Association of Corporate Counsel, Co-author (November 2014)
“‘Made in USA’ Class Actions Target the Apparel Industry,” Apparel, Co-author (August 2014)
“California Case Law Is an Excellent Anti-SLAPP Resource,” Law360 (February 2014) “The Impact of Marsy’s Law on Parole in California,” Criminal Law Bulletin (2013)
Professional and Community Activities
Board of Directors, Mental Health Advocacy Services (2014-2015)
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