Laura G. Stover is a Member in the firm’s Litigation Division. Ms. Stover’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and appellate advocacy. Her practice involves commercial litigation in the aviation industry, insurance, bankruptcy and lender liability, as well as products liability, employment litigation, franchise and hospitality industry issues.
Ms. Stover has successfully represented clients in insurance coverage litigation, suits under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and in class actions against foreign airlines at both trial and appellate levels. She is also a key member of the litigation team successfully defending insurers in “direct action” asbestos cases, where plaintiffs are attempting to impose new duties on insurers in jurisdictions across the country. She also represents clients in alternative dispute resolution such as arbitrations and private and court directed mediation.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Stover was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Nan R. Shuker for the District of Columbia Superior Court.
J.D., George Washington University Law School, 1999 (Journal member of the American Intellectual Properties Law Association Quarterly Journal; President of the Trial Court Honors Board; Member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Honors Board; Dean’s Fellow Instructor of a Legal Research and Writing Class)
B.A., Political Science, University of South Carolina Honors College, 1996 (Cum Laude)
Maryland; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Maryland; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
District of Columbia Bar Association and Litigation Subsection; Maryland Bar Association; American Bar Association; ABA Torts and Insurance Practice Section and Litigation Section
