As Associate General Counsel at Motley Rice, Laura Khare manages the firm’s legal matters, including employment issues, ethics, marketing, commercial contracts and legal defense. She advises the firm’s nearly 65 attorneys on ethical matters as well as develops appropriate compliance and risk management measures for the firm.

Laura joined Motley Rice in 2004 after several years as a civil rights attorney for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. She began her tenure as a political appointee for President William J. Clinton. Additionally, Laura served as Deputy Director of Research at the State Affairs Company, a consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia, and as a legal fellow for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. She began her career as a staff attorney at the South Carolina Court of Appeals.

A South Carolina native, Laura was honored with the Charleston Regional Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 award in 2008 in recognition of her professional achievements and contributions to the community. She is on the Board of Directors for the Dee Norton Lowcountry Children’s Center and the Charleston County Board of Zoning Appeals. In her spare time, she enjoys participating on local and national political campaigns, including as a volunteer for multiple national Democratic conventions, most recently in 2008 as a member of the convention script writing team. Laura is a member of the American Association for Justice, Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, South Carolina Association for Justice and South Carolina Women Lawyers’ Association.