Laura Harper

Laura W. Harper is a shareholder with Lanier Ford in Huntsville, Alabama, whose practice focuses on corporate law and estate planning. She advises businesses on contracts, commercial transactions, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, ownership matters, and governance issues. She also helps individuals with wills, estate planning, probate, and trusts, giving her a practice that addresses both business objectives and the planning needs that accompany ownership, succession, and personal wealth decisions.

Harper earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from Agnes Scott College in 2003 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D., summa cum laude, from Mercer University in 2007, where she served as an editor of the Mercer Law Review. Her academic background and legal writing experience support the detailed analysis required for contracts, transactions, business planning, estate documents, and other matters where careful drafting can reduce future uncertainty.

Harper works with small and medium-sized businesses on commercial agreements, employment and independent contractor arrangements, nondisclosure and noncompetition agreements, licenses, procurement issues, corporate finance, and investor relations. Her transactional experience also includes mergers and acquisitions, asset purchases and sales, shareholder agreements, equity incentive plans, and options. She brings prior in-house experience to this work, helping her assess legal questions in the context of ongoing business operations and management needs.

Laura W. Harper is admitted in Alabama and Washington and combines transactional counseling with estate and probate work. Her practice is built around drafting clear agreements, identifying legal and business risks, and helping clients structure decisions before problems develop. Whether advising a company on a transaction or helping an individual plan an estate, she provides practical guidance designed to align legal documents and processes with the client’s broader financial and organizational goals.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Lanier Ford
• Member, Alabama State Bar

Licensed State

• Alabama

Education

• Mercer University
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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