Laura leads éclat Law’s Arts & Entertainment law practice, in addition to providing general business counseling to investors, business owners and small businesses.   As the head of the Arts & Entertainment practice, Laura and her team counsel artists, writers, publishers, art collectors, nonprofits companies and other creatives at every stage of their business and careers, including counseling clients with respect to copyright protection, display and marketing of their artistic creations, image protection, insurance for artistic works, publishing and other aspects of the business in the world of art and entertainment.  Laura is an active member in the local and national art community and is an integral part of the ART@éclat gallery feature at our law firm.

Examples of the type of clients Laura typically represents include:

Visual artists and sculptors

Gallery owners

Art collectors

Public and private museums

Emerging artists

Graphic designers

Corporate Collections

Privately held companies and family enterprises

Laura began her legal career as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.  She then joined Eidson Insurance, now a Marsh & McClennan Agency, to become president to the insurance agency and handle in-house legal matters.  Since returning to private practice in 2018, she has focused on her arts and entertainment practice and provides the following services to her clients:

• Artist Contracts for consignments, commissions, sales
• Gallery representation
• Copyrights and trademarks
• Licensing agreements
• Collector contracts for purchase and sale
• Museum donation and loan agreements
• Insurance counseling and coverage analysis
• Entity formation, transition, and dissolution
• Contract negotiation and review

Languages

• English

• The Florida Bar 
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

• Friends of the Mennello Museum of American Art – Advancement Chairman
• Foundation for Foster Children – Founder, Past President and Board Member
• Howard Phillips Center for Children and Families Community Leadership Council – Past President
• Independent Insurance Agents of Central Florida – Past President
• Florida Executive Women – Past President
• Committee of 100 – Board Member
• The National Arts Club – Member
• éclat Law’s Foundation for Community Action, Inc. 
• éclat Law’s Foundation for Community Action, Inc. Animal Supply Drive 
• ART@éclat 
• ART@éclat Scholarship 

Laura received a Bachelor of Science degree in political science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 1986. In May of 1990, she received his Jurist Doctorate degree from the University of Florida – Fredric G. Levin College of Law.  She studied comparative law at Oxford University, England and has studied art law with Christie’s Education, the New York State Bar Association, and the Federal Bar Association.

• éclat Law’s Foundation for Community Action, Inc.
• éclat Law’s Foundation for Community Action, Inc. Animal Supply Drive
• ART@éclat
• Florida Sculptors Guild
• Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida
• American Lung Association Florida
• Slice Out Hunger
• The Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools: Tools 4 Seminole Schools
• Save The Manatee Club
• New Horizons Service Dogs
• Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando
• Sophie’s Circle
• Franklin’s Friends
• SPCA of Brevard
• Daytona Beach German Shepherd Rescue
• Corks For Change
• OneBlood
• Harbor House of Central Florida
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida: Catering for Good and A Spoonful of Hope
• The Blue Heron Sings, LLC
• Oviedo-Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Winter Park Chamber of Commerce