Overview
Laura Babiak represents clients in complex pension, 401(k) plan, and employee stock ownership plan matters. Laura also handles matters related to the denial of long-term disability benefits for people impacted by COVID-19, including individuals who are immunocompromised or have other issues that impact their ability to be in-person at workplaces, or who have long-haul COVID.
Laura is a Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (Charleston, West Virginia 2024), as well as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Employee Benefits (West Virginia, 2023 and 2024), and a National Trial Lawyers, "Top 40 Under 40" (2023 and 2024).
Before joining Bailey Glasser, Laura worked as a student clinician in West Virginia University College of Law’s United States Supreme Court Clinic, representing clients on appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Awards & Accolades
Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Charleston, WV (2024)
Super Lawyers, West Virginia, "Rising Star," Employee Benefits (2023 and 2024)
National Trial Lawyers, "Top 40 Under 40" (2023 and 2024)
Clerkships
- Law Clerk, Honorable John T. Copenhaver, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia (2019-2020)
Practice Areas
Education
J.D., West Virginia University College of Law, 2019, Order of the Coif
B.S., West Virginia University, 2016, summa cum laude
Admissions
- West Virginia
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
Experience
Representative Matters
- Represented surgeon in federal case against Unum related to COVID-19 and the denial of long-term disability benefits under an ERISA long-term disability plan.