George, Joseph C.

Laurie B. Gengo is the founder and owner of Triangle Law Group ("TLG"), a small boutique law-firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina. TLG is conveniently located on Falls of Neuse Road, just before the I-540 interchange.

Laurie is a native of Jamestown, New York, and received her Bachelor of Art Summa Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1980. Laurie received her law degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1985 where she also was a Ph.D student in Political Science, and served as an Instructor for the 1985-1986 academic year. Laurie is also a licensed real estate broker in the State of North Carolina and the owner of Trilogy Real Estate Group, LLC, and a co-owner of several real estate investment LLC's.

Laurie formerly was an associate attorney at Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis, Indiana, the State's largest law firm. Thereafter, she worked as an associate and later, as a partner, at Poyner & Spruill, a large law firm based in Raleigh, North Carolina where she handled numerous real estate, environmental and litigation issues. Laurie left Poyner & Spruill to work at The Sanford Holshouser Law Firm in Raleigh, North Carolina founded by former Governors Terry Sanford and James Holshouser. At Sanford Holshouser, Laurie's work included environmental, litigation and economic development matters. At TLG, Laurie continues to handle environmental and litigation matters, and also handles an array of other matters including those involving construction law and defect issues, liens and bonds, contractors and subcontractors issue, toxic mold claims, homeowner's association issues, business law, real estate law, landlord tenant issues in both residential and commercial contexts, contract matters, real estate broker representation, and licensing issues.

Laurie belongs to the North Carolina Bar Association, Environmental, Litigation and Construction Law Sections, and served on the Environmental Law Section Council from 1998-1999. She currently serves as the co-editor of the Environmental Law Section Newsletter. Laurie also belongs to the North Carolina/Wake County Home Builder's Association, Remodeler's Council, Triangle Real Estate Investor's Association, and Wake Women Attorneys. Laurie has presented numerous seminars for the National Business Institute, Lorman Education, the North Carolina Bar Association and for various trade organizations on various legal topics. Laurie volunteers for Second Chance Pet Adoptions, serves on the Board of Directors of The Opera Company of North Carolina for over ten years and is also a visual artist.