About Laura

Laura Wong-Pan is an attorney specializing in employment law, municipal law, arbitration and mediation, civil rights, and education law. She is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts. Laura earned her Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and her Juris Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 1994. In 1997, she was admitted to the New York State Bar. She is also admitted to the U.S.

District Court for the Southern District of New York (since March 23, 1999) and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (since December 16, 2024). In Massachusetts, she was admitted to the bar in 1995 and maintained active status until 2002. Laura is the founder of the Law Office of Laura Wong-Pan PLLC, located at 42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. The firm offers services in employment law, municipal law, arbitration and mediation, civil rights, and education law.

She has been recognized as a top employment and labor attorney by Hudson Valley Magazine in 2021 and 2022. She has been actively involved in the Mid-Hudson Women's Bar Association, serving as its president since 2020. Additionally, she has contributed to the Women's Bar Association of the State of New York (WBASNY) as a co-chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee. Laura has also served as a court-appointed mediator through the Ninth Judicial District Alternative Dispute Resolution program in New York State Courts since January 15, 2025. She has volunteered as a mediator for Westchester and Rockland Mediation Services from 2016 to 2017 and in Town Justice Courts in Westchester County on behalf of Cluster Mediation Service during the same period.

Her office is located at 42 Catharine Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. She can be contacted by phone at (845) 218-1288 or via email at lwp@laurawongpanlaw.com.

Education

Tufts University

B.A.

Northeastern School Of Law

J.D. (1994)

Accepted Jurisdictions

New York
Massachusetts

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York U.S. District Court · Admitted 1999
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York U.S. District Court · Admitted 2024

Types of Cases Handled

Employment Law Municipal Law Arbitration and Mediation Civil Rights Education Law

Legal Services Scope

Litigation Mediation

Professional Associations

Mid-Hudson Womens Bar Association

President 2020 - Current

Office Locations

Main Office

 319 Mill Street Poughkeepsie NY 12601