Laura Kathleen Gasiorowski

Laura Kathleen Gasiorowski

Stahl Gasiorowski Criminal Defense Lawyers • Westfield, NJ
White Collar CrimeEmployment LawPersonal Injury

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Contact

Email
Phone
(973) 833-5258
Address
53 Cardinal Drive, Westfield, NJ, 07090, US

Professional

About

Laura K. Gasiorowski, Esq., who has been practicing criminal defense law since 1994, joined the Stahl Criminal Defense Lawyers in 2005, and has concentrated her career on complex pre-trial, trial and appellate matters in a wide variety of state and federal criminal matters, including mail fraud, money laundering, gambling, narcotics violations, murder, and RICO. Most notably, Ms. Gasiorowski represented one of the two capital defendants who avoided an execution sentence in the federal death penalty trial of individuals involved in the bombings of American Embassies in Tanzania and Nairobi, Africa. Ms. Gasiorowski also served as lead counsel in the sentencing phase of the State of Louisiana v. Leonard Williams death penalty murder trial, coordinating, preparing and presenting the defense's mitigation case. In the Williams case as well, the defendant was spared execution and received a life sentence. In addition to her criminal practice, Ms. Gasiorowski has also represented police officers in civil service hearings related to employment matters, and in civil rights and equal protection litigation in the federal court as counsel for PANO, the Police Association of New Orleans. Ms. Gasiorowski has specialized experience in pretrial motion work, sentencing matters, and appellate brief writing. Among her reported cases are Jenkins v. Artuz, 294 F.3d 284 (2nd Cir. 2002), in which the court order a new trial based on evidence of prosecutorial misconduct in examining a state witness; and State v. Bishop, 686 So.2d 1053, 96-694 (La.App 5 Cir. 1996), in which the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Louisiana agreed that application of sexual offender notification laws prohibited constituted ex post facto punishment and therefore was prohibited. Other significant published cases decided in Ms. Gasiorowski’s clients' favor include the first case in which a United States federal district court held that foreign subjects interrogated abroad by American law enforcement are entitled to Fifth Amendment protections, and a case in which the district court struck several aggravating factors from death penalty notice. Ms. Gasiorowski is admitted to the state bars in New York, New Jersey, and Louisiana. She is also admitted to the United States District Court, District of New Jersey; the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana.

About White Collar Crime Law

White collar crime attorneys defend individuals and corporations accused of financial crimes. They handle complex fraud and regulatory investigations. Common matters include fraud, embezzlement, securities violations, money laundering.

Credentials

Education
1994 Tulane University Law School JD - Juris Doctor 1988 Williams College BA - Bachelor of Arts
Languages
English

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
1998 Arthur B. Graves Award for Excellence, Williams College 1994 Junior Appellate Advocacy Competition Champion, Tulane Law School
Associations
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Member New Jersey State Bar Association Member Union County Bar Association Member Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey Member
Speaking
2016 Immigration Law and Criminal Acts panel Cultural Issues and Other Challenges in Representing the Non-Citizen Client Charged with a Federal Crime 2016 Criminal Pre-Trial Litigation Bootcamp Criminal Pre-Trial Litigation Bootcamp 2015 Criminal Pre-Trial Litigation Bootcamp Criminal Pre-Trial Litigation Bootcamp 2014 Immigration Law and Criminal Acts panel Cultural Issues and Other Challenges in Representing the Non-Citizen Client Charged with a Federal Crime 2014 Criminal Pre-Trial Litigation Bootcamp Criminal Pre-Trial Litigation Bootcamp
Updated: Mar 08, 2026