Laura L. Pitter
Laura joined the firm in March 2008. She now works on the firm's complex product liability cases, primarily in the areas of automobile, pharmaceutical product liability and mass torts. Prior to joining the firm she worked for the Legal Aid Society in the Criminal Defense Division where she tried numerous cases to verdict and conducted scores of hearings. Before working for Legal Aid, she was a journalist covering the wars in the former Yugoslavia and worked for the United Nations in legal and policy positions in both Bosnia and Afghanistan. Laura is a member of the American Association for Justice, the New York State Trial Lawyers Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Laura can be e-mailed directly at lpitter@rheingoldlaw.com.
Year Joined Firm
- 2008
Areas of Practice
- Mass Torts
- Product Liability - Automobile, Pharmaceutical and Aviation
Bar Admissions
- New York, 2005
- California, 2002
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2008
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2008
Education
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California
- Honors: Law Review 2000-2001
- Columbia University
- Master of International Affairs - 1996
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- B.A - 1990
Published Works
- Co-Author with Paul D. Rheingold, "Lone Pine Orders, An Abused Remedy?", Mass Torts, American Bar Association, Vol. 8, No.1, Fall 2009
- Co-Author with Ivan Lupis, "The Fall of Srebrenica and the Failure of UN Peacekeeping", Human Rights Watch, Vol 7, No.13, October 1995
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Association for Justice, Member
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member
