Laura Sanders Fowler

Main Office: 512-441-1411
Direct Dial: 512-476-8100
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Education
J.D. Baylor University Law School 1979

Bar Memberships/ Licenses

  • Supreme Court of the State Bar of Texas
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S Supreme Court
Laura Fowler is the managing partner of The Fowler Law Firm, P.C.

Laura Fowler founded The Fowler Law Firm PC 2007 with eight associated attorneys. The firm has doubled in size since 2007. Laura is very proud to be a part of a firm which has received the State Bar of Texas W. Frank Newton Pro Bono Legal Services Award, Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Designation, Austin Business Journal Top Pro Bono Law Firms and designations as a top law firm diversity employer in Austin.

In 2020, Laura founded and now chairs Fowler Family Foundation, a public tax-exempt charitable corporation that gives generously to a number of scholarship and internship programs in the Austin areas. Laura regularly provides pro bono legal services and gives of her time and resources to a very diverse group of local charities who meet many otherwise unmet needs through Austin Bar Association Veterans Pro Bono Legal Clinic, Austin Bar Association Loving It Lawyers Club, Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, Austin History Center Association, Preservation Austin, Austin Museum Partnership, Peace Park Conservancy, The Foundation for the Preservation of the Historic Millett Opera House, Inc. and to many chambers of commerce and trade associations who operate a foundation or charity.

Laura has received a Member of the Year designation from Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce, Austin Black Chamber of Commerce, Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, The Austin Club and Williamson County Realtors Association.

Graduating from Baylor University School of Law in 1979, Laura began her career as a very green Lieutenant Junior Grade in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corp aboard the warship USS Guadalcanal in 1980. Chasing saboteurs and scoundrels through exotic ports in East Asia and the Western Pacific, Laura quickly developed fierce patriotism and a much deeper appreciation for how remarkable our United States Constitution and our nation really are, and gratitude for the opportunities our great nation affords.

Since returning to Texas in 1983, Laura has confined herself to avenging and defending the rights of many business entities, charitable institutions and individuals in the state and federal courts of Texas. Her greatest calling, however, is to design strategies to help her client to avoid ever seeing the inside of a courthouse.

Laura Fowler Awarded 2016 Diversity Champion Of The Year By The Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce

A Day in the Professional Life…

May 28, 2023, Laura Fowler shared with Austin Museum Partnership members some of the remarkable events which occurred at Millett’s Opera House from 1878 to 1897. Laura services as pro bono legal counsel to The Foundation for the Preservation of the Historic Millett Opera House and gives tours of Historic Millett’s Opera House whenever asked. Fowler Family Foundation which Laura chairs is a supporter and generous donor to Austin Museum Partnership, a remarkable charitable corporation whose members are the most significant galleries, libraries, archives, and museums in Austin.

Photography Austin Museum Partnership/ Catherine Whited (May 28,2023)
In 2016, Laura founded Still Loving It Lawyers Club as the 24th practice section of the Austin Bar Association. Loving It Lawyers Club reaches out to all licensed attorneys who are fiercely proud to be licensed attorneys. June 29, 2023 Travis County District Clerk Velva Price assisted by Presiding Judge of the 250th Civil District Court Hon. Karin Crump, presented the many amazing features of the beautiful new Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility. All who took an oath administered by District Clerk Price that they loved being a lawyer were then presented with a Loving It Lawyers Club silver pin which many are wearing in this photo. Far left, Judge Karin Crump. Center in orange, District Clerk Velva Price.
GIVING FEELS GREAT™
When Laura Fowler opened the mail and discovered two beautiful certificates from State Bar of Texas declaring Laura’s eligibility for 2024 and 2025 to the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas, for her contributions to the delivery of legal services to low -income Texans, she was surprised and thrilled. She was not expecting any recognition. Laura participates through programs sponsored by Austin Bar Association, where there are pro bono legal services programs for every kind of individual legal need and every attorney skill set. The kindest and most caring attorneys in Austin volunteer and mentor other volunteer attorneys. It is a great experience for all.
GIVING FEELS GREAT™

One of the most moving and rewarding experiences any lawyer in Austin can have is to participate in the monthly Austin Bar Association Veterans Legal Clinic. Attorneys who really care about our veterans volunteer their time. Veterans and their families are served at no charge, often by some of the most talented lawyers in Austin. Featured here are a military family including Lady the Support Dog, her doting masters, clients of the clinic, Veterans Legal Clinic Director Doug Lawrence and Laura Fowler, who participates and is very proud to own and manage the largest 100 percent veteran owned general civil law firm in Austin.