Laura Welch Christensen is an associate attorney with Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC, in the firm's Baton Rouge, Louisiana office. Ms. Christensen received a B.S. in Marketing from Louisiana State University in 1988.She obtained her J.D. in 2010 from Southern University Law Center where she graduated magna cum laude and as the valedictorian of her class. Ms. Christensen served as an editor on the Southern University Law Review for two years, and earned the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) award for classroom excellence in security devices. She was also awarded an academic scholarship in 2009 by the law center. In addition, Ms. Christensen had the honor of serving as a student extern at the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal for the Honorable Judge Jewel E. "Duke" Welch. Ms. Christensen is licensed to practice in the State of Louisiana.
