As the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Compliance, Investigations, and Ethics, Laurel leads the CIE Office and serves as the University's Privacy Officer. Laurel oversees the University's compliance with laws, statues, and regulations, leads investigations into misconduct, and will implement the University's ethics standards program.
Prior to joining Pitt, Laurel served as an Assistant District Attorney in Allegheny County, a Senior Deputy Attorney General for the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, and a judicial law clerk in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County. Upon leaving government work, Laurel went into private practice and focused on internal investigations, regulatory compliance, and criminal defense litigation.
Education & Training
B.A., Legal Studies and Environmental Studies - University of California, Santa Cruz
J.D., Criminal Law - University of California College of the Law, San Francisco