Laura Tucker Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Practiced law in the Investigations Group, including investigating indicators of potential misconduct or high-risk conduct by postsecondary institutions and third-party servicers, and investigating postsecondary education institutions’ compliance with federal laws, regulations, and the terms of their program participation agreements; legal research and analysis, sometimes involving novel factual issues; rendering legal advice to Investigations leadership; preparing memoranda that clearly and succinctly outline relevant facts and legal issues; explain the application of legal principles and precedents to the relevant facts and justify the recommendations or conclusions; assisted with the drafting of public notice bulletins about issues relevant to the higher education industry.

Practiced law in all aspects of litigation in the Bureau of Consumer Protection, including drafting motions, briefs, memos, conducting discovery and legal research; representing the State of Nevada at mediations, hearings, and depositions; working with attorneys from different states and governmental agencies on investigations and litigation in the areas of deceptive trade and privacy; assisting with the drafting of press releases; participating in consumer outreach and education, including creating and giving presentations and conducting media interviews; assisting in the drafting of legislation related to consumer protection and privacy issues; representing the State of Nevada in other areas of law as a special assistant to the Head of Complex Litigation.

Carson City, Nevada

Practiced law in all aspects of litigation in the Bureau of Consumer Protection, including drafting motions, briefs, memos, conducting discovery and legal research; representing the State of Nevada at mediations, hearings, and depositions; working with attorneys from different states and governmental agencies on investigations and litigation in the areas of deceptive trade and privacy; assisting with the drafting of press releases; participating in consumer outreach and education, including creating and giving presentations and conducting media interviews; assisting in the drafting of legislation related to consumer protection and privacy issues; representing the State of Nevada in other areas of law as a special assistant to the Head of Complex Litigation.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Practiced law in all aspects of litigation at First Amendment, Internet, and intellectual property law firm, including drafting motions, briefs, memos, trademark and copyright registrations, and reviewing discovery; conducting legal research; represented clients at hearings; prepared arbitration briefs for Uniform Dispute Resolution claims in front of ICANN-accredited registrars.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Assisted in all aspects of litigation at First Amendment, Internet, and intellectual property law firm, including drafting motions, briefs, memos, trademark and copyright registrations, and reviewing discovery; conducting legal research; assisting and accompanying attorneys at hearings and depositions; prepared arbitration briefs for Uniform Dispute Resolution claims in front of ICANN-accredited registrars.

Boulder City, Nevada

Oversaw a staff of reporters, columnists and photographers for the weekly newspaper in Boulder City, Nevada; assigned stories and generated story ideas; wrote articles and editorials; shot and edited photos; completed all layout of the print product; proofread all articles and columns; oversaw the budget for freelance employees; updated the content of the website; served as primary contact of the newspaper; represented the newspaper at various functions.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Assigned stories to and worked with staff reporters and generated story ideas; completed all production on three zoned news publications weekly. Responsible for 13 Viewpoint editorial pages weekly and overseeing neighborhood news blog, updated daily.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Responsible for managing the advertising and editorial sections of the paper; maintaining employees; consulting with business manager about finances; organizing budget and staff meetings; acting as final proofreader; laying out and editing paper using Adobe InDesign; sending pages to printers; serving as primary contact of paper; representing the paper; generating story ideas for various sections.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelors, Journalism And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: The Rebel Yell, Society of Professional Journalists, Chamber Chorale, Concert SingersGraduated cum laude.