Laurel P. Hook

Laurel joined Stahancyk, Kent & Hook in 1999 and was elected a shareholder in 2004. Laurel is a leading litigator in complex custody issues involving lifestyle and mental health issues. She practices dissolution cases throughout the states of Oregon and Washington, successfully representing clients in all matters relating to family law, which can include: divorce, legal separation, domestic partnership in Oregon, modification of spousal support and child support, prenuptial, postnuptial agreements, and cohabitation agreements.

Laurel litigates complex financial and business interest cases as well as high-conflict custody and parenting time matters and modifications. Laurel works closely with the estate-planning department to provide comprehensive legal counsel before, during, and after the divorce process. She is also experienced in the issues of international and interstate child custody and financial matters.

Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield, CA – 1992

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR · B.S. Psychology – 1996

Seattle University School of Law
Seattle, WA · J.D. Cum Laude – 1999

Laurel is a member of the Oregon State, Multnomah County, and Washington State Bar associations and of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. She has been trained by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in the multidisciplinary approach to Family Law. As a leader in complex business litigation in family law, Laurel has regularly presented for the Oregon Law Institute as faculty, most recently in 2013 when she gave a presentation on “Divorce and the role of the Business Lawyer.” Laurel has also been certified in the Effective Representation of Children by Child Centered Solutions.
Since 2003, Laurel has been a member of the Portland Business Alliance, and is part of the Leadership Portland Class of ’04. Through this project, she had the opportunity to be a “principal for a day” at Laurelhurst Elementary school.

2015 . The Best Lawyers In America, Best Lawyers
2015 . Best Attorneys In Oregon, Best Lawyers
2015-2013 · Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014 · Top 50 Oregon Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2014 · Top 25 Oregon Women Lawyers, Super Lawyers
2012 · Forty under 40 Award, Portland Business Journal
2012 · Leader in Law, Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce
2012-2008 · Rising Star, Super Lawyers
Laurel was recognized by her peers and selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers – Rising Stars Edition for five consecutive years, from 2008-2012. Most recently, Laurel was selected by her peers for inclusion in the Oregon Super Lawyers list in 2013 – 2014. In 2014 she was on the Super Lawyers Top 25 Oregon Women Lawyers list and the Super Lawyers Top 50 Oregon Lawyers list.

Laurel was honored as a “Forty Under 40” award winner by the Portland Business Journal in 2012, a distinction given to leading business women and men, under the age of 40, in and around the Portland area. Laurel was also honored as an Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce Leader in Law, in 2012.