Laura Koistinen is an experienced employment litigation attorney, representing employees who have been discriminated and retaliated against in the workplace. Prior to joining the Law Office of Kevin Mintzer, P.C., Ms. Koistinen was an Associate Attorney at Creighton & Rose, P.C., an employment litigation and civil rights firm in Portland, Oregon. In that role, Ms. Koistinen tried multiple cases against employers in front of juries in state and federal court for race discrimination and gender discrimination, and against the police and other government actors for violations of the U.S. Constitution.

Before attending law school, Ms. Koistinen worked on environmental issues for a government agency in Portland and as a paralegal and director of operations for a regulatory licensing firm in San Francisco.

Laura Koistinen received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, and her law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon.

Ms. Koistinen is admitted to practice before the courts of New York State, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the United States District Court of Oregon. She is also a member of the Oregon bar.

Ms. Koistinen has been named a “rising star” by Super Lawyers magazine each year from 2020 through 2025. She is an active member of the New York City Bar Association, including its Committee on Women in the Legal Profession, as well as the Labor & Employment Section of the American Bar Association.

In her free time, Ms. Koistinen coaches a NYC high school moot court team.