Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Laura Washington is a driving force of Latham’s litigation team, representing many high-profile clients in complex business disputes in the entertainment, media, and other sectors, with wide-ranging litigation experience that includes pre-litigation counseling, trial, and appellate work. She’s currently active in leading several closely-watched cases connected to the #MeToo Movement, and continues to represent leading entertainment and media clients in litigation, internal investigations, and to manage crises responses. Washington has earned her place at the forefront of entertainment and media matters, having led one of the biggest #MeToo cases that continues to make headlines. Representing Miramax and a former board member of The Weinstein Company – current deputy CEO of Technicolor Tim Sarnoff – in the US-based Harvey Weinstein-related litigations, she has defeated every single Weinstein-related lawsuit filed against Miramax and Sarnoff in the US.
