Laura Ames, JD

Laura Ames is a Wealth Strategist based out of Baird’s Milwaukee, Wisconsin office. Part of Baird’s Private Wealth Management Group, Laura works with Financial Advisors to help clients meet their long-term wealth management and family legacy goals. Laura works closely with clients to develop and implement strategies that reflect the client’s personal values while mitigating gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes.

Prior to joining Baird, Laura was an estate planning attorney with Casner & Edwards, LLP’s private client group in Boston, Massachusetts. Laura handled a broad range of matters including the development and implementation of sophisticated wealth transfer strategies; charitable planning; and the establishment of family investment vehicles.

Laura graduated from the University of Vermont and earned her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School, where she served as a certified advisor to the Battered Women’s Advocacy Clinic. Laura is admitted to the Massachusetts bar. Laura is a member of the Boston Estate Planning Council.

Why Baird?

Laura is proud to be part of Baird – a fully independent, international firm serving the wealth management needs of families, businesses, and organizations for more than 100 years. Nationally recognized as a great place to work, Baird attracts the industry’s best and brightest. And employee ownership gives all of us a personal stake in our clients’ success. It’s a formula that works because of the values we share: honesty, integrity and a commitment to keeping clients first – always.