Laura E. Polizzi is a managing partner of Polizzi & Medley Law, PLLC in Mount Clemens. She focuses her practice primarily on complex domestic litigation, including divorce, custody, paternity, child support, and parenting time, but she also offers considerable expertise in an array of business, real estate, probate and criminal matters, as well as other litigation.
Polizzi also represents several local businesses with both their contractual and litigation needs. Polizzi was honored by Super Lawyers as a 2018, 2019 and 2020 Michigan Rising Star. A resident of Rochester Hills, she is the president of the Macomb County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section 2020-21 and also serves as president of Women’s Lawyers Association Macomb Region, 2020-21.She has been selected as a representative for the 16th Circuit Court in the State Bar of Michigan Representative Assembly and is a faculty member for Society of Active Retirees (SOAR) at Macomb Community College.
In 2015, Polizzi graduated from Cooley Law School and while there, she served as a clerk for the Judge Mark Switalski (16th Circuit Court). Following her clerkship, she worked for the Oakland County based Family Law Assistance Project, which provided family law services to indigent persons and persons in dire need of legal assistance, including many Spanish-speaking clients.
She is fluent in Spanish as well as conversational in Italian.
How are you handling things during this coronavirus shutdown? We are conducting consultations and meetings via Zoom. We are working remotely and appearing in person only when absolutely necessary.
Have you learned anything about yourself during these last few weeks? I have learned that I am very adaptable. Our office hasn’t skipped a beat in the transition to online legal services. I have also learned how much I truly value social interactions with my peers in the legal profession.
What is your proudest moment as a lawyer? Winning a 5-day trial. I won my client sole legal and sole physical custody of his child. It was a great feeling.
What was always written on your grade school report card? Remarks typically included the term, “social butterfly” and that even at a young age I was able to stand up for my opinions even if they were different from everyone else.
When you were considering law school, what was Plan B? Prior to law school I was trying to get interviews with the CIA and FBI because I really wanted to be a clandestine agent. I also was looking into a master’s degree in diplomacy. I am happy life led me to law school. I really enjoy the legal profession.
What would surprise people about your job? How much I actually care about my client’s lives and the outcome of their cases. They say not to take work home with you, but I don’t take my job lightly. In family law people leave the future of their family in your hands and are really counting on you.
What do you wish someone would invent? An automated device that could wash and blow dry your hair, but until then I will settle for dry shampoo.
When you look back into the past, what do you miss most? My brother. We grew up very close and he passed away three years ago. He was the funniest person I have ever met. I am so thankful to have had him in my life.
What is your most treasured material possession? My grandmother was a brilliant artist and I have one of her sculptures. It is irreplaceable and my most treasured possession.
If you could have witnessed any event in history, what would it be? The building of the Great Pyramids of Giza. It is still a mystery to this day and it would be fascinating to witness ancient engineering.
What were you doing in your last selfie? I was waiting to go on a Zoom Court hearing.
What is the best advice you ever received? In my first semester of law school I was feeling overwhelmed. A professor pulled me to the side and said, “How do you eat an elephant? One tiny bite at a time.” When I am overwhelmed I have never forgotten this advice, even as a vegetarian.
If you could trade places with someone for a day, who would that be? Ruth Bader Ginsberg.
What’s the most awe-inspiring place you’ve ever been? I trekked the Perito Moreno Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina. It was incredible. A close second were the pyramids in Giza, Egypt.
What is one thing you would like to learn to do? I really would like to learn to drive a manual transmission. I also really love languages and would love to learn another.
What is something most people don’t know about you? I am very good at accents and impressions. Ask me about this if you see me around and I will answer in one of my many voices.
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