In addition, Ms. Edgerton has been selected as a Super Lawyer® in the 2010, 2011 and 2017 editions of North Carolina Super Lawyers®magazine in the area of immigration law. According to the publishers of Super Lawyers (www.superlawyers.com), only 5% of the lawyers per jurisdiction are selected for inclusion on this list each year.
Ms. Edgerton is frequently invited to speak at national and regional immigration conferences on such topics as permanent residence, H-1B and training (H-3/J-1) visas, and employment verification/I-9 issues. She has authored and edited numerous immigration articles in leading publications and has been interviewed extensively in the business and local press on immigration issues. She is a former Chair of the Carolinas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and, as such, a former member of AILA’s Board of Governors. She is a former member of AILA's Distance Learning Committee and has also previously served as the Vice Chair of the Ethics and Practice Management Committee for AILA National and as the National Chair of AILA's Young Lawyers Division.
Following a federal judicial clerkship, Ms. Edgerton started her career with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, in Winston-Salem. In 1996, she joined Maupin Taylor, PA (now Williams Mullen), in Raleigh, North Carolina, to develop and manage the firm’s immigration practice. Most recently, Ms. Edgerton was a partner at another immigration law firm in Raleigh. Ms. Edgerton is a magna cum laude graduate of North Carolina State University and a cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law.
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State: North Carolina
Acquired: 1995
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Acquired: 1993
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Posted by Thiago | January 19, 2026
Strongly recommend Laura Edgerton
Always available. Very knowlegeable. Helped me with important details around my case.
Posted by Simon | May 29, 2023 | Hired Attorney
Highly recommended
Excellent service. Professional, efficient and affordable. No hesitation in recommending Laura Edgerton.
Posted by James | February 10, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
Focused on winning the case
Edgerton Immigration Law did an exceptional job to completion of my case. They kept me informed and most of all mitigated any possible issues that could arise in advance. I felt like a real counsel service that was more interested in getting the case done quickly and properly than billing hours. They...
Posted by Jackie | July 24, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Immigration
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Laura helped me on L1 and green card. She has alway been timely, careful and considerate.
Posted by Nyankami Miroro Atandi | July 13, 2017
Very Frank.
On the issue I consulted her about, she was indeed open and truthful, qualities that I respect in any person. Let her keep up the spirit.
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2019
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2018
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2017
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2011
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2011
North Carolina Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine
2011
Best Lawyers in America (Immigration Law), Woodward/White, Inc.
2010
North Carolina Super Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine
2010
Best Lawyers in America (immigration law), Woodward/White, Inc.
2010
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2009
Best Lawyers in America (immigration law), Woodward/White, Inc.
2008
Best Lawyers in America (immigration law), Woodward/White, Inc.
2008 - 2010
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationVice Chair, Ethics & Practice Management Committee
2006 - 2008
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationChair, Carolinas Chapter
2004 - 2006
American Immigration Lawyers AssociationVice-Chair
1993
JD - Juris Doctor
1990
Other - Bachelors
2010
Training Visas (H-3 and B-1)
2009
Ethics 101 (for Immigration Lawyers)
2008
J-1 Training & Internship Programs
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