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Laura Carlin Mattiacci
Laura Carlin Mattiacci is a member of Console Law Offices LLC. She represents 
current and former employees, and applicants for employment, who have been victimized by discrimination based on sex, race, religion, national origin, color, disability, age, sexual orientation and pregnancy. Ms. Mattiacci also represents individuals in matters involving FMLA leave, long-term and short-term disability claims, retirement benefits, stock option plans, whistleblower claims, employment contracts and severance agreements. Ms. Mattiacci's practice also includes significant class actions against large corporations, including claims involving sex and age discrimination, wage and hour violations, and illegal reductions in force. She has been a presenter on issues of employment law at PBI seminars, the People's Law School and in other educational forums.
In 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 Ms. Mattiacci was named to the"Pennsylvania Rising Star" list by Philadelphia Magazine and the Philadelphia Super Lawyers Magazine. She is a founding member of Philly-MAMA (Mother-Attorneys Mentoring Association; www.PhillyMAMA.org), a group dedicated to empowering attorney-mothers and encouraging them to succeed while celebrating their roles as both attorneys and mothers. Ms. Mattiacci is also an active volunteer attorney with the Support Center for Child Advocates, representing abused and neglected children.
Ms. Mattiacci is a graduate of the University of Scranton and the Beasley School of Law at Temple University. As a member of Temple's National Trial Team, Ms. Mattiacci won several trial advocacy accommodations, including a National Championship in the American Association for Justice's Trial Advocacy Competition. While in law school, she also clerked for the preeminent trial lawyer, James E. Beasley, Sr. Ms. Mattiacci is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Bar and Court Admissions
- Pennsylvania State Bar
- New Jersey State Bar
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
Memberships
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- National Employment Lawyers Association
- Founding Member of Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Philadelphia
Education
- The Beasley School of Law at Temple University, Juris Doctorate
- The University of Scranton, Bachelor of Science
Special Honors
- Named to the “Pennsylvania Rising Stars” list by Philadelphia Magazine and Philadelphia Super Lawyers Magazine in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 & 2011. This designation places her in the top 2.5% of up-and-coming attorneys in Pennsylvania
- Selected as a Member of Temple Law School’s National Trial Team and as a Beasley Scholar
- National Champion of the American Association for Justice’s (AAJ) Trial Advocacy Competition
- Two-time Regional Champion of AAJ’s Trial Advocacy Competition
- Champion of Quinnipiac University School of Law’s Northeast Regional Criminal Justice Advocacy Competition
- Recipient of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association’s James J. Manderino Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy
- Recipient of Victor A. Jaczun Award for Outstanding Trial Advocacy
- Recipient of Alia Herrara Memorial AAJ Auxiliary Scholarship for winning essay on the topic: “The Professional Trial Lawyer: Why Is Civility Not a Sign of Weakness But a Badge of Honor?”
- One of the recipients "2011 Lawyers on the Fast Track" award by The Legal Intelligencer
