Laura E. Sedlak is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Department. Ms. Sedlak has experience assisting a diverse range of clients in antitrust, intellectual property and class actions, as well as other commercial disputes, in both state and federal courts and arbitrations. Ms. Sedlak also serves on the Firm’s Diversity Committee.

Ms. Sedlak’s pro bono experience includes civil and criminal matters involving eyewitness misidentification and wrongful disclosure of confidential medical records for individuals living with HIV.

Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Sedlak was an Associate at the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

During law school, she was a Notes Editor of the Cornell Law Review and served on the Grievance Board.

Practices

  • Litigation
  • Antitrust
  • Intellectual Property
  • Intellectual Property Litigation
  • Class Action Litigation

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Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Rankings and Recognition

  • Selected for inclusion in:
  • Benchmark Litigation: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys®* "Future Star" 2024
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America* 2021-2024, Antitrust Law; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Antitrust
  • New Jersey Law Journal®* "New Leaders of the Bar" 2022
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers®* "Rising Stars" 2022, Antitrust Litigation
  • NJBIZ®* "Forty Under 40" 2022
  • ROI-NJ* "ROI Influencers: Women in Business" 2024

* See Award Methodology. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Affiliations

  • Advisory Board Member and Attorney Mentor,  New Jersey Law and Education Empowerment Project (NJ LEEP)

  • Member, American Bar Association
    — Member, Section of Antitrust Law
  • Member, New York State Bar Association

    — Former Co-Chair, Antitrust Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
    — Member, Antitrust Law Section

  • Member, New Jersey Women Lawyers Association

Education

  • J.D., Cornell Law School, magna cum laude
  • B.A., New York University, cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey
  • New York