Ms. LaClair is co-manager of the Firm's Securities Litigation Group. Ms. LaClair focuses on securities arbitration and broker-dealer litigation. Ms. LaClair represents national broker-dealers and registered representatives in arbitration, court and regulatory proceedings involving sales practice, compliance and employment matters.
Ms. LaClair holds an LL.M in Securities and Financial Institution Regulation from Georgetown University and is admitted to practice in California, Michigan and Oklahoma, as well as in the Federal Courts of Colorado, Ohio and Oklahoma. She appears regularly before the FINRA, and interned with the California Department of Corporations. Ms. LaClair dedicates 100% of her practice to litigation.
Areas of Practice:
- Securities Litigation
- Broker-Dealer Litigation
Bar Admissions:
- California
- Michigan
- Oklahoma
- U.S. District Court Central District of California
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
LL.M. (Securities & Financial Regulation)
Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, J.D..
Honors: Cum Laude; Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition for Copyright Law; American Jurisprudence Award and CALI Awards in Remedies; Certificate of Special Tribute from the State of Michigan.
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michgan, B.B.A. (Finance/Economics)
Honors: Golden Key National Honor Society
Professional Associations and Memberships:
California Bar Association
Washtenaw County Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Assocation
Federal Bar Association
American Bar Association
Oklahoma Bar Association
Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Alpha Delta
Beta Gamma Sigma