Background
Zelon, Laurie Dee was born on November 15, 1952 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Irving and Doris Miriam (Baker) Zelon.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Laurie Dee Zelon
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in English with distinction, Cornell Univercity, 1974; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1977.
Career
Associate, Beardsley, Hufstedler & Kemble, Los Angeles, 1977-1981; associate, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley, Los Angeles, 1981-1982; partner, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley, Los Angeles, 1983-1988; partner, Hufstedler, Miller, Kaus & Beardsley, Los Angeles, 1988-1990; partner, Hufstedler, Kaus & Ettinger, Los Angeles, 1990-1991; partner, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, since 1991.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors New York Civil Liberties Union, 1973-1974. Member American Bar Association (chairman young lawyers division pro bono project 1981-1983, delivery and pro bono projects committee 1983-1985, subgrant competition-subgrant monitoring project 1985-1986, chair standing commission on lawyers public service responsibility 1987-1990, chair law firm pro bono project 1989-1991, standing committee legal aid and indigent defendants 1991-1997, chairman 1993-1997, member house delegations since 1993, commission on ethics 2000 since 1997), California Bar Association (board directors appellate project since 1995, chair commission on access to justice since 1997), Los Angeles County Bar Association (trustee 1989-1991, vice president 1992-1993, senior vice president 1993-1994, president-elect 1994-1995, president 1995-1996, federal courts and practices committee 1984-1993, vice chairman 1987-1988, chairman 1988-1989, chairman judiciary committee 1991-1992, chairman real estate litigation subsection 1991-1992), Women Lawyers Association Los Angeles, California Women Lawyers Association.
Connections
Married David L. George, December 30, 1979. Children: Jeremy, Daniel.
