Contact
(410) 837-6995elizabeth@lawrencelawllc.com
Practice Areas
Education
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Mount Holyoke College, Magna Cum Laude
Admissions
Maryland
District of Columbia
California
Publications & Speeches
“Workplace Violence: Key Legal Issues, Prevention, and Response,” (Lexis Practice Advisor Practice Note, August 2018.)
“Service Providers as Independent Contractors or Employees—The Yoga Vida Decision,”
(LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis, 2017 Emerging Issues 7502, January 2017.)
Speaker: “Workplace Violence: Prevention and Liability,” Linthicum, Maryland (November 30,
2017).
Radio show guest discussing the Yoga Vida decision—an independent contractor versus employee analysis, The Power Hour, Optometry’s Only Live Talk Radio Show! (January 11, 2017).
Speaker: “Drugs in the Workplace: What Every Employer Must Know,” Linthicum, Maryland
(February 19, 2016).
Radio show guest discussing the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Power Hour, Optometry’s Only Live Talk Radio Show! (February 18, 2015).
Speaker: “What Every Employer Must Know About the Americans with Disabilities Act” —2014, Timonium, Maryland (October 24, 2014).
Elizabeth Harlan joined Lawrence Law as Counsel in 2022 and focuses exclusively on employment law. Throughout her 25+ year career, she has advised businesses on employment issues, litigated non-compete and non-disclosure disputes, and negotiated employment-related settlements. She has also taught several seminars and authored multiple papers on employment law matters.
Prior to joining Lawrence Law, Elizabeth practiced employment law for a Baltimore law firm specializing in intellectual property law. While there, she drafted an appellate brief and presented a winning oral argument in the New York Court of Appeals that resulted in a published decision clarifying the difference between employees and independent contractors for purposes of unemployment insurance payments.
Earlier in her career, Elizabeth worked for a Washington, D.C. firm focused on ERISA law, where she litigated multi-employer pension issues. Notably, she first-chaired a winning argument in the Southern District of New York related to the Bernie Madoff scandal.
She began her law practice in San Francisco, working for the litigation department in the local office of a premier international law firm. Prior to that, she clerked for two judges in two separate courts – one in Washington, D.C., and the other in California. Elizabeth is a graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law.