Ms. Pasqualone is a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation Practice Groups. She also serves as Lewis Roca’s Phoenix Office Managing Partner. She practices primarily in the areas of HR compliance and employment litigation. She regularly advises employers on compliance with a wide variety of federal, state, and local employment laws. She also provides emergency advice, preventative counseling, training, and ongoing employment guidance to human resources directors and in-house counsel. In addition, her practice consists of litigating cases involving claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and breach of contract. Laura has significant experience in cases involving the enforceability of restrictive covenants, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition. She regularly presents on employment law “hot topics” to hundreds of national and international employers and human resources representatives.
Ms. Pasqualone has represented clients in both federal and state court, in arbitration, before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Arizona Civil Rights Division, and the Arizona Office of Administrative Hearings, and even an international arbitration in Japan.
Ms. Pasqualone has significant experience in cases involving the enforceability of restrictive covenants, trade-secret misappropriation, and unfair competition. In such cases, she often assists clients in proceedings in which temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions are sought. She also assists employers and businesses in drafting employment contracts, including non-compete and non-solicitation provisions.
In addition to her broad Human Resources consulting experience, Ms. Pasqualone regularly advises employers regarding compliance with Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act. She assists employers both in drafting drug and alcohol testing policies that are complaint with Arizona law, as well as advising employers on discipline and termination issues involving medical marijuana use. She has presented on the topic of Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act to hundreds of employers and Human Resources representatives.
Before joining Lewis Roca, Ms. Pasqualone served as a law clerk for the Honorable Justice A. John Pelander at the Arizona Supreme Court. She also served as an extern for the Honorable Judge Earl H. Carroll at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.