Laura Kingsley Hong

Practice Areas

• Mass Tort & Product Liability

• Class Action Litigation

• Business Litigation

Career

Laura Kingsley Hong is a trial lawyer with more than 35 years of uninterrupted experience defending class action, mass and toxic tort, and commercial litigation. She has tried several cases to verdict (including two jury trial wins in 2022), arbitrated before the AAA, and presented testimony before Ohio’s General Assembly as well as the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. Laura chairs the Tucker Ellis Mass Tort & Product Liability Group – leading more than 65 timekeepers firmwide – and serves as national and trial counsel for many companies. In addition to trying cases, Laura has led and executed novel briefing strategies that have resulted in numerous favorable summary adjudication and dismissals. Laura serves by appointment on the Deans' Cabinet for Diversity & Inclusion at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and was recently inducted into the school’s Society of Benchers. She is a past president of the Asian American Bar Association of Ohio, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, and the Northern District of Ohio Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Laura is a former professor of trial tactics and a frequent presenter on trial strategies as well as ethics.