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Laurel A. Marois

Laurel A. Marois


Social Security Disability Law and Criminal Defense Lawyer
Anderson & Ackerman Law Group
St. Petersburg, FL
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Attorney Biography

Laurel Marois Ackerman was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida and is happy to still call it ome to day! She attended LCC Day School and graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School before she went on to become a proud "Double Gator" at the University of Florida. She graduated from UF with a Bachelor's Degree in History, cum laude, in 2015, and from UF LAW with her Juris Doctor in 2018, also cum laude.  While in law school, Laurel was the Vice President of the UF Law Trial Team, an editor of the Journal of Law and Public Policy, and a Teaching Assistant for Legal Writing, Appellate Advocacy, and Florida Criminal Procedure. Laurel was awarded several Book Awards, an academic excellence award given to the single highest achieving student in a course, in several courses at UF Law including Appellate Advocacy, Trial advocacy, Historic Preservation Law, and Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation.

Laurel clerked at the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Tampa, the Administrative Conference of the United States in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Justice - Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section in Washington, D.C., and worked as a CLI at the Public Defender’s Office for the 8th Judicial Circuit in Gainesville, FL. After law school she worked for the Law Offices of Julianne Holt as an Assistant Public Defender in the 13th Judicial Circuit in Hillsborough County.  She participated in numerous juvenile, misdemeanor and felony trials and has received training in capital crimes.  She became known for her tenacious motion practice and thrived in the trial atmosphere.

She brought her extensive litigation and trial experience to civil and criminal litigation at the Law Offices of Donald C. Anderson, Jr., her grandfather's law firm, in 2021. Now named Anderson & Ackerman Law group, Laurel is the managing partner of the firm and lead trial counsel. Her practice is focused exclusively on Social Security disability representation, from intial application through federal court appeals, and criminal defense. She has had success in federal courts across the country in her social security disability practice and takes cases at the administrative level. She has tried numeral criminal trials to verdict, and assists with traffic offenses, sealing and expuning criminal records, and applicaitons for clemency and pardons. 

Laurel and her husband Chris have a son and two dogs! They are avid sports fans and love cheering for their Tampa Bay teams, the Florida Gators, and Ole Miss (her husband’s alma mater)! Laurel is a member of the Junior League of St. Petersburg,  a chapter advisor for the Sigma Kappa sorority chapter at the University of Florida, and serves as the Secretary of the Church Council at Lutheran Church of the Cross. She enjoys volunteering as a poll watcher and legal observer in local elections and as a judge for the Pinellas County History day competition. 


Practice Areas

 
Social Security Disability Law (80%)
 
Criminal Defense (20%)

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Résumé - Laurel A. Marois

Bar Licenses

Florida State Bar
Member in Good Standing
2018

District of Columbia State Bar
Member in Good Standing
2020

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Work Experience

Law Offices of Julianne Holt
Assistant Public Defender
20182021

Education


University of Florida
University of Florida
Bachelor of Arts
2015

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Associations


Member
National Association of Disability Representatives
2021


Member
St. Petersburg Bar Association
2021

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Awards & Honors

Trial Team Advocacy Book Award
University of Florida Levin College of Law
2017

Appellate Advocacy Book Award
University of Florida Levin College of Law
2016

University of Florida Levin College of Law
2016

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Recognized for Professional Involvement
Lawyer Legion
2025

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Laurel A. Marois
Anderson & Ackerman Law Group
2101 5th Ave N
St. Petersburg, FL 33713
www.andacklaw.com
Office: 727-323-8886

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