LAURA V. BERTHIAUME

Laura V. Berthiaume

Laura Farthing Berthiaume grew up in Montgomery County and returned in 1998 with her husband to raise her family here. She practices law in downtown Rockville, concentrating primarily on trust and estates and elder law. Laura has been an active member of our community, including serving on the Board of Trustees of the National Center for Children and Families and serving as a Cluster Co-Coordinator for the Rockville Cluster and a Beall Elementary Delegate in the Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations. Laura recently served as President of the Rockville Chapter of the Friends of the Library, and she is a member of the Grass Roots Organization for the Well-Being of Seniors (GROWS). Laura and her husband, a federal employee, have three children, ages 12, 9, and 4.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

B.A. with High Distinction, University of Virginia 1985 (Majored in Political & Social Thought); J.D. Georgetown University Law Center, Magna Cum Laude, 1990; Masters of Science in Foreign Service with Academic Distinction, Georgetown University, 1990; Law Clerk, The Hon. Richard J. Cardamone, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1990-1991.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Former President, Friend of the Library, Rockville Chapter; Democratic Precinct Chair, Precinct 04-02; Active Participant, Rockville Town Center Action Team; Legal Aid Volunteer, Rockville Senior Center; Member, Peerless Rockville; Member, Maryvale Elementary School PTA; Cluster Co-Coordinator, Rockville High School Cluster, MCCPTA, 2007; Delegate, Beall Elementary School PTA, MCCPTA, 2005-2006; Member, Board of Trustees, Baptist Home for Children (now the National Center for Children and Families), Bethesda, MD, 1994-1995; Ran for Delegate in District 17 in 2006.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Partner, Farthing & Farthing, 2005-present; Partner, Farthing, Farthing & Forgotson, 2003-2005; Associate, Margaret D. Farthing & Associates, 1993-2003; Attorney-Advisor (Temporary), U.S. Department of State, 1992-1993; Associate, Sidley & Austin, 1991-1993; Clerk, Hon. Richard J. Cardamone, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1990-1991.

AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION

National Merit Scholar; Echols Scholar, University of Virginia