Laura H. Roppé, Esq.
Laura Roppé is a partner at Tatro & Zamoyski, LLP. She specializes in conducting employment-related training seminars for management and non-management personnel. Ms. Roppé also drafts and reviews a wide range of contracts, including business, arbitration, employment, settlement and severance contracts, and has extensive experience litigating employment cases. In addition to her employment-related practice, Ms. Roppé is an accomplished and highly-skilled business and real estate litigator and trial attorney.
Education
University of San Diego School of Law - J.D., 1995
Ms. Roppé graduated magna cum laude and second in her graduating class in 1995. In addition, Ms. Roppé was selected as a member of Order of the Coif. In law school, Ms. Roppé was a member and twice-published author of Law Review. She tutored first-year students, which she found highly gratifying. In addition, after finishing first in her class after her first year, she was awarded a merit scholarship for the balance of her schooling. Ms. Roppé also was the recipient of numerous Jurisprudence awards for top honors, including awards in contracts, employment law, negotiation, criminal law, and constitutional law.
University of California, Los Angeles - B.A., Theater Arts, 1991
Ms. Roppé graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a degree in Theatre Arts in three years. At UCLA, Ms. Roppé acted in numerous stage productions, including the one-woman show entitled Lady of Letters. She also authored an original one-act play (Guru Bob on the Karmic Plane) which was selected for full production.
Experience
Brown Law Group: San Diego, CA
March 2003 to August 2007 (including its predecessor, Vantage Law Group)
Ms. Roppé’s practice focused on employment and business litigation, corporate training and litigation prevention. She managed a heavy caseload of business and employment litigation cases, drafted and reviewed employment handbooks and employment policies and procedures. She also drafted and reviewed a wide range of contracts, including business, arbitration, employment, settlement and severance contracts. Ms. Roppé's specialty and passion is conducting employment-related training seminars for management and non-management personnel. Ms. Roppé also counsels pre-litigation clients in all aspects of litigation prevention and conflict resolution.
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek: San Diego, CA
Prior to joining Brown Law Group, Ms. Roppé was a business litigator and trial attorney at the San Diego law firm of Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek from September 1995 to March 2003.
Publications
Ms. Roppé has been twice published by USD’s Law Review, including a published article in the area of sexual harassment.
Beyond the law
Ms. Roppé is a member of the State Bar of California, U.S. District Court for Southern District of California, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, American Business Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association, and San Diego County Bar Association. She is a past member of the American Inns of Court. Ms. Roppé has appeared on radio and television programs to discuss developments in employment law, and she has been invited to present seminars to professional human resources organizations.
Ms. Roppé was honored in 1999 with the Star Award for Community Service for her service to local non-profit theatre. Ms. Roppé is actively involved as a volunteer at her children’s school and in her children’s classrooms. In 2006, Ms. Roppé ran a marathon in support of the Charities in Motion Foundation and in 2007, ran the San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon. In addition, Ms. Roppé is the lead singer of a local rock band, CoolBandLuke.
Contact
Please feel welcome to contact Laura Roppé at (858) 244-5032
or e-mail her at laura@tatrozamoyski.com. Please click on this link for Directions to our office.
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