Laurel Saito

Associate
lsaito@crowell.com
+1.202.508.8871

Laurel Saito is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s International Trade and International Dispute Resolution groups. Laurel’s international trade practice includes U.S. export controls, U.S. economic sanctions, import regulatory compliance, and various aspects of international trade litigation. Her practice spans transactions, investigations, and compliance and regulatory advice.

Laurel’s international arbitration practice focuses on cross-border disputes, including commercial and investment arbitration, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and Anti-Terrorism Act litigation, including victims of terrorism.

Laurel maintains an active pro bono practice representing clients seeking asylum.

Laurel received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated cum laude. While in law school, she studied abroad in London and served as a student attorney representing clients at risk of eviction with Rising for Justice’s Housing Advocacy and Litigation Clinic. She also assisted with an International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) family reunification case and interviewed refugees in Amman with IRAP’s Jordan office.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Laurel served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines and worked with immigrant and refugee youth at nonprofits in Seattle and New York City. She also interned in Phnom Penh with the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials, which provides assistance to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia to prosecute senior members of the Khmer Rouge for genocide and other serious crimes.


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