Managing Partner
Laura Huntingdon Budd
Laura H. Budd is the managing attorney of Weaver & Budd Law with over 15 years of experience in practicing law. She concentrates primarily on business litigation and contract law, which accounts for over 60 percent of her practice. Laura has extensive experience in the areas of appellate law, construction law, negligence, defamation, as well as estates and trusts.
Laura approaches each case with a focus on the individual client’s needs and their specified desired outcomes. Laura personally works with each client to develop a strategy designed to effectively and efficiently address the relevant legal issues in each case. Laura’s work ethic and drive for excellence is reflected in her relationships with her clients and their return for repeated representation when they have further legal issues to resolve.
Laura is married to Chuck Budd and has three children. She is a member of Matthews United Methodist Church and enjoys reading, running, and travelling around the world.
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Areas of Practice
Business Litigation and Contract Law
Corporate Counsel to Small and Mid-Size Companies
Construction Litigation, including architectural malpractice
Defamation
Estates and Trusts
Appellate Law
Personal Injury
Alienation of Affection and Criminal Conversation
Bar Admissions
North Carolina: Fall 2002
U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina: Fall 2002
North Carolina Certified Superior Court Mediator: February 2009 – May 2016
Education
Ohio University cum laude, Bachelor’s Degree: May 1999
Hong Kong City University: Summer 2001
Wake Forest University School of Law Juris Doctorate: June 2002
Wake Forest Law London Program: Summer 2000
Hong Kong Baptist University – International Business Law: Fall 2001
Classes/Seminars/ Publications
Advanced Family Law Issues: Legal Developments, The Emotional Side of Family Law, Divorce – A Practicum: 2016-17
Advanced Family Law Issues: Alternative & Non-Traditional Families Update since Obergefell and Small & Family Owned Businesses in a Divorce, National Business Institute: August 2015
Business Divorce 2.0, Mecklenburg County Bar: January 2015
Construction Law Deskbook: 2015, Assistant Editor
Advanced Family Law Issues: Alternative & Non-Traditional Families, National Business Institute: August 2014
Business Divorce, Mecklenburg County Bar: February 2014
Professional Associations and Memberships
Mecklenburg County Bar
Union County Bar
North Carolina Bar Association
Matthews Chamber of Commerce
Matthews Women in Business
Community Involvement
Member of Board of Directors, MARA: 2016 – Present
Commissioner (2015-Present) and Cheer and Dance Coach (2012-Present), MARA
National Advisory Board Member, ARAG Group: 2013-2016
Past Chairman of Board of Directors, Peace & Justice Immigration Clinic
Past Board Member, Matthews Health Clinic
Chair of Board of Directors, The Girls Foundation: 2016 – Present
Soccer Coach, Charlotte Soccer Academy: 2015 – Present
Member of Construction Professionals Network: 2016 – Present