Laura K. McNally

Laura McNally's practice encompasses a wide variety of complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal matters, including disputes involving issues of contract, insurance coverage, antitrust, discrimination, intellectual property and fraud/misrepresentation issues.

She has experience counseling a major insurer client in disputes throughout the country arising out of sexual abuse of minors and has successfully resolved hundreds of such claims through mediation. She has also counseled clients on pending legislation efforts to retroactively repeal statutes of limitations.

She successfully defended an insurance broker against claims brought by a policyholder for improper underwriting, obtaining a directed finding after a three-month trial.

Ms. McNally obtained summary judgment against a trade dress claim brought by a competitor of a consumer goods manufacturer. She also successfully defended an antitrust claim brought against that same consumer goods manufacturer.

Ms. McNally obtained a verdict of $36 million against the plaintiffs' class action firm of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, proving that the law firm breached its fiduciary duties and contractual obligations in connection with the settlement of a class action lawsuit that provided millions in fees to Ness Motley but little relief for the class and nothing to its client, Interclaim.

Prior to joining the firm, Laura was in private practice in Washington, D.C. She also served as a law clerk to Judge F.A. Little, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.