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Laidlaw, Moira Schneider
Summary
Lawyer Overview
Attorney Moira Laidlaw is an experienced attorney licensed to practice in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Her practice focuses on estate planning, estate and trust administration, services for small businesses and marketing law.
After undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Ms. Laidlaw attended law school at Rutgers University School of Law, where she held a position as Articles Editor for the Rutgers Law Review.
Before starting her own practice, Ms. Laidlaw worked in business litigation for a large law firm, handling antitrust and advertising legal issues. Much of her work has included detailed financial planning, which extends to her current practice in estate planning, complex financial and business matters, and marketing law.
She has worked as in-house counsel at the Reader's Digest Association, Inc., and American Family Enterprises (a subsidiary of Time, Inc.), where she advised the Creative Marketing and Online divisions on all aspects of advertising and promotion law.
Contact the Laidlaw Firm, LLC for a free consultation with attorney Moira Laidlaw. Her law office is located conveniently in downtown Katonah, New York and is easily accessible by car or train.
Areas of Practice
- Wills, Living Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney and Guardianship
- Gifting and Estate Tax Limitation Strategies
- Probate and Estate/Trust Administration
- Elder Law
- Small Business Counsel
- Business Organization and Choice of Entity
- Buy-Sell Agreements
- Marketing Law
- Promotional Contest Rules and Registration
- Advertising Clearance
- Co-Promotion, Licensing and Non-Disclosure Agreements
- Privacy Policies and Terms of Use
- Privacy Audits
- Advertising Regulatory Defense
West Practice Categories
Administrative Law, Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Transactions, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Communications & Media Law, Advertising, Digital Communications, FCC, International Telecommunications, Internet, Print Media, Radio, Television & Film, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Press, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Government Agencies & Programs, Health & Health Care Law, Disability, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1995
- New Jersey, 1994
- Connecticut, 1996
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Promotion Marketing Association
- New York State Bar Association, Trusts & Estates Section
- American Bar Association, Real Property and Probate Section
Classes and Seminars
- Legal Research and Writing Instructor, Rutgers University School of Law, 1993 - 1994
Past Employment Positions
- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Senior Counsel, 2001 - 2002
- American Family Enterprises (Subsidiary of Time, Inc.), Senior Counsel, 1999 - 2001
- John Awerdick, Esq., Counsel, 1997 - 1999
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Project Associate, 1996 - 1997
- Stryker Tams & Dill, Associate, 1994 - 1995
Education
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Newark, Newark, New Jersey,
1994
J.D.
Law Review: Rutgers Law Review, Articles Editor, 1992 - 1994 - University of California, Berkeley, California,
1991
B.A.
Honors: Scholarship for Outstanding Leaders
Major: English
Fees
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Office Information
Address
95 Katonah Avenue
Katonah, NY 10536-2152
Phones
(914) 767-0646