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Laura S. Shores
1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004
+1 202.383.6867
+1 202.383.6610 (Fax)
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Laura Shores is a Partner in Howrey’s Antitrust and Global Litigation practices. She is a member of the firm’s Partnership Committee and serves as the firmwide Hiring Chair. Ms. Shores has second-chaired civil antitrust trials and criminal trials; represented both corporate and individual clients in grand jury investigations; and advised several individuals in connection with congressional committee investigations and related proceedings.
In two voters’ rights cases related to the historic 2004 US presidential election, Ms. Shores worked to improve minority voters’ access to the polls—one of the cases was litigated all the way to the US Supreme Court. In another high-profile case heard by the Supreme Court, Ms. Shores, along with John Nields, successfully argued for the dismissal of an indictment of a senior Clinton administration official brought by former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
Ms. Shores is an active antitrust and corporate litigation trial lawyer with substantial experience in the pharmaceutical, biotech and technology industries. She currently represents a global computer chip manufacturer in one of the largest civil antitrust litigation matters in the country. She also represents a pharmaceutical company in a major securities fraud case.
"I wanted to be a trial lawyer - my father was a trial lawyer and my mother was a state supreme court justice. I came to Howrey because of its outstanding record and reputation as a trial litigation firm."
Representative Highlights
- Schering-Plough v. Federal Trade Commission. Second-chaired two-month administrative hearing in a landmark case brought by the Federal Trade Commission against Schering-Plough. The case resulted in a victory for Schering-Plough. Howrey also prevailed in the FTC’s appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
- In re Schering-Plough Corporation Securities Litigation. Obtained dismissal with prejudice of federal securities class actions filed against Schering-Plough, its CEO and its board of directors, alleging violations of SEC Regulation FD and various federal securities laws.
- Lurie v. Schering-Plough Corp. Won dismissal of a state class action alleging common law claims for fraud, negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty filed against Schering-Plough, its CEO and its board of directors.
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Admissions
- District of Columbia, 1990
Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Eighth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits
- United States Supreme Court
Clerkship
- Honorable. Robert S Vance, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1988-1989
Education
- University of Chicago Law School (JD, 1988)
- Smith College (BA, 1985) cum laude
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