Lynda L. Laing

Focusing her practice on creditors’ rights and other business matters, Lynda L. Laing is a partner at Strauss, Factor, Laing & Lyons. Working out of the firm’s offices in Providence, Rhode Island, she represents clients throughout the greater metropolitan area. Ms. Laing has been admitted to practice before all Rhode Island courts since 1984, and she is also admitted to practice in Michigan and before the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Ms. Laing represents creditors in litigation involving collections and bankruptcy. Her experience has encompassed Chapter 7 straight bankruptcy petitions that have been filed by both businesses and consumers, Chapter 11 business reorganizations, and Chapter 13 payment plans. She has also worked on assisting company clients who are owed money by companies that have gone into receivership.

Ms. Laing has also represented secured lenders whose borrowers have gone into default on motor vehicle loans as well as loans for office or construction equipment such as computers or cranes. She helps them recover their losses by pursuing such remedies as repossession or, when the secured collateral is unable to be located, replevin. Ms. Laing’s additional experience has encompassed providing defense representation in general commercial litigation. Her successful track record in all of these endeavors has earned her an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell.

Ms. Laing has authored several articles on topics related to her practice area, and she has been asked to deliver presentations before groups of fellow professionals. She is a 1983 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a member of several legal organizations, including the Commercial Law League of America and the American Bankruptcy Institute.

*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.