After living abroad in Rome, Italy, Laura went to paralegal school and began her career in the real estate industry as a real estate paralegal in Wilmington, NC in 1991. Her first son, Giorgio, was born in 1993. Later, Laura went back to college at night and obtained an associate’s degree from Wake Technical Community College. She then went full time to NC State and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor Degree of Arts in Spanish in 2001. Her second son, Alex was born in 2002. Encouraged by the attorneys she worked with, she decided to fulfill a lifelong dream of attending law school. She accomplished this goal by attending the evening program at NC Central University School of Law so that she could continue working full time. In 2008 she obtained her Juris Doctor and was admitted to the bar in 2008. Her daughter Emma was born in December of that year. Laura’s motto has always been “never stop learning.”
She has enjoyed providing excellent customer service as a licensed Title Insurance Underwriter since 2003 and serving as Counsel since 2008. She opened Magnolia Title in the summer of 2017 and has been truly grateful to provide employment for a phenomenal team of women. Magnolia works with incredible attorneys and real estate firms all over North Carolina with offices and staff from Wilmington to Raleigh, Morehead City to Asheville and most recently licensed in South Carolina as well.
Laura is married to Ken Martin and together they have three daughters, two fine young men, and four very spoiled cats. When Laura isn’t fixing title problems she enjoys entertaining her friends and family, is almost always reading a good book or on a sunny weekend you may find her on the golf course with her husband.
