Laura WilsonShelby
Partner
Labor & Employment
lshelby@seyfarth.com
Laura is a successful trial lawyer and trusted advisor to employers in all areas of labor and employment with an emphasis in the areas of sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, disability and gender discrimination, and retaliation.
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Laura is the co-chair of the Labor & Employment department in Century City, Los Angeles. Her practice is focused on employment litigation and advice and counsel, with an emphasis on sexual harassment, whistleblowing, and disability discrimination. She also is a trial lawyer, having obtained multiple complete defense verdicts for employers in state and federal court. Laura also has extensive experience conducting workplace investigations, executive trainings, and one-on-one coaching sessions. Her practice also includes administrative actions and litigation with the EEOC and CRD, as well as the defense of class, collective, and multiplaintiff actions.
- JD, University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall)
- BA, University of California, Los Angeles
Dean's academic honors list
- California
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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Laura is a successful trial lawyer and trusted advisor to employers in all areas of labor and employment with an emphasis in the areas of sexual harassment, wrongful discharge, disability and gender discrimination, and retaliation.
More About Laura
Laura is the co-chair of the Labor & Employment department in Century City, Los Angeles. Her practice is focused on employment litigation and advice and counsel, with an emphasis on sexual harassment, whistleblowing, and disability discrimination. She also is a trial lawyer, having obtained multiple complete defense verdicts for employers in state and federal court. Laura also has extensive experience conducting workplace investigations, executive trainings, and one-on-one coaching sessions. Her practice also includes administrative actions and litigation with the EEOC and CRD, as well as the defense of class, collective, and multiplaintiff actions.
- JD, University of California, Davis School of Law (King Hall)
- BA, University of California, Los Angeles
Dean's academic honors list
- California
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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231 Seyfarth Lawyers Selected as Leaders in Their Fields by Best Lawyers in America 2026; 8 Seyfarth Attorneys Honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in Their Practices
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Recognition
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Seyfarth Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America 2023
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.) for Litigation - Labor and Employment (2018-2026)
- American Bar Association
- Beverly Hills Bar Association (Employment Law Section)
- Los Angeles County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section)