Laurel Marois Ackerman
Social Security Disability & Criminal Defense Attorney - Tampa Bay
Laurel Marois Ackerman was born and raised in St. Pete and is happy to still call it home today! Laurel graduated from the University of Florida with her Bachelor’s degree cum laude in 2015, and from UF’s Levin College of Law with her Juris Doctor cum laude in 2018, making her a PROUD Double Gator.
In law school, she clerked at the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Tampa, served as a CLI at the 8th Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office in Gainesville, and worked at the United States Department of Justice Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section in Washington, D.C. After law school she worked as an Assistant Public Defender at the 13th Circuit Public Defender’s Office in Tampa for three years in the intake, juvenile, misdemeanor, and felony divisions. She gained experience in social security disability law while clerking at the Administrative Conference of the United States in Washington, D.C. and working at her parents’ business, Anderson Marois & Associates, who are Accredited Disability Representatives and EDPNAs.
Laurel focuses her practice exclusively on Social Security Federal Court Appeals and Criminal Defense. She has had success in federal courts across the country in her social security disability practice, and even takes cases at the admin level. She has tried numerous criminal cases to verdict in misdemeanor, felony, adult, and juvenile cases.
Bar Admissions:
Florida Bar
Washington, D.C. Bar
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court of New Mexico
- University of Florida
- B.A. | History
- Honors: Cum Laude
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- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- J.D.
- Honors: Cum Laude
- Activities: UF Law Trial Team, Journal of Law and Public Policy, Criminal Defense Clinic, Semester in Practice: Department of Justice, Law School Ambassadors Teaching Assistant: Florida Criminal Procedure, Appellate Advocacy, Legal Writing Book Awards: Trial, Appellate advocacy, Historic Preservation Law, Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiation
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- Assistant Public Defender
- Law Office of Julianne Holt
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- Law Clerk
- U.S. Department of Justice, Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section
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- Certified Legal Intern
- Public Defender for the Eighth Judicial Circuit
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- Sixth Amendment Identification Issues, Tampa, FL
- Law Office of Julianne Holt
- Book Award in Trial
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award in Historic Preservation Law
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award in Appellate Advocacy
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Book Award in Interviewing, Counseling, and Negotiation
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- District of Columbia Bar # 1643702
- Member
- Current
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- The Florida Bar # 1010770
- Member
- Current
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- National Association of Disability Representatives
- Member
- Current
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- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives
- Member
- Current
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- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Member
- Current
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- Pinellas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Member
- Current
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- St. Petersburg Bar Assocation
- Member
- Current
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- District of Columbia
- District of Columbia Bar
- ID Number: 1643702
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- Florida
- The Florida Bar
- ID Number: 1010770
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- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Social Security Disability
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- English
- Website
- Anderson & Ackerman Law Group