Our Team

As an acclaimed attorney and the innovator behind 2-Hour Lifestyle LawyerTM, Laura has the honor of being recognized as the "2nd Best Estate Planning Attorney" in New York by Yelp!, amongst more than 850 peers. In her spare time, Laura enjoys running in Central Park, going to the New York City Ballet, and hanging out with her cat, Oreo.

• Bachelor of Science in Accounting from lowa State University
• Graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School
• Admitted to practice law in New York and Minnesota
• Featured as a "Top Woman Attorney in New York" in the New York Times
• Spoken at the UN Headquarters on estate planning for non-citizens
• Has been published in Forbes and is a member of the Entrepreneur Leadership Network for Entrepreneur magazine
• Laura's expertise and dedication to the field have been acknowledged with the Rising Star™ accolade from Super Lawyers™ consistently from 2019 to 2024
• Laura launched 2-Hour Lifestyle Lawyer™ in 2022 to teach attorneys how to build a virtual estate planning practice In 2023, she launched the Lifestyle Lawyer Collective™ to further support graduates of the 2-Hour Lifestyle Lawyer Signature Course

Laney is an entrepreneur, Immersive CoachTM, mother and community servant. As an ambassador of Sparkle and Rise she brings her passion for creating possibilities for children of a better future to life. Laney has a unique ability in seeing the big picture and moving it into actionable steps. She sparks the desire to make a difference in others, moving projects forward on a community level.

• Laney has 27 years of experience in the estate planning legal field, an industry devoted to creating and implementing family legacies in life and after death.
• Has created, built, and sold 6 businesses, including creating a million-dollar grossing company in less than 10 years.
• Created, built, and sold a national paralegal estate planning drafting service, meeting the document drafting needs of hundreds of law firms nationwide.
• Co-created, built, and sold a national team empowerment coaching and staffing company.
• Co-created, built, and sold a trust funding outsourcing company for law firms.
• During 27+ years of estate planning experience, Laney has created effective drafting processes for over 300 law firms—new and long-time established estate planning practitioners—to fit their unique needs, including the development of customized language edits and options, as well as drafting design forms.
• Trained over 50 drafting paralegals on conceptual estate planning knowledge, software specifics, and essential discretionary drafting skills.
• Laney worked over thirteen years in a law firm helping shift it to estate planning as a practice area, create and grow a thriving maintenance program with 1,000 members, break a $1M in gross revenue, systemize and train law firms across the country in estate planning processes, and built and launched a community and client relationship model that generated consistent referrals.
• Laney has been instrumental in developing and leading numerous coaching programs for industry colleagues and organizations such as Wealth Counsel’s Practice Development member group, and as a Coach consultant and implementation expert for Lawyers With Purpose.
• Laney co-created and led the Team Assistant Program™—the first nation-wide key assistant coaching program in the country.
• Authored three books, including an Amazon Best Seller
• For her service work, Laney was awarded Citizen of the Year
• Sparkle and Rise Board Member - a charity for children empowering children.

I was not always happy practicing law.  For twenty years, I watched bad things happen to good people.  The system was increasingly stacked against my clients and it weighed heavy on my heart.  I considered quitting.  But I still felt called to help people, to use my skills as a lawyer to alleviate suffering, and to bring my clients peace in any way I could.  And then I lost someone I loved very much and found my way to estate planning.

• Bar Admissions South Carolina, 2001
• J.D. - WVU College of Law, 2001
• B.A. - West Virginia State University, 1995

Margaret joined 2HLL in the spring of 2023 to provide the Mindset coaching every entrepreneur needs to start and level up their business. In addition to developing 2HLL's group coaching, she's worked with over one hundred 2HLLs one-to-one on both Mindset and strategic issues, supporting lawyer entrepreneurs as they take their Estate Planning practices from start-up to success.

An experienced strategist and educator, Margaret brings a varied yet complementary background to her coaching. She thrives in intersectional spaces, where she's spent years managing large, complex projects in a number of different industries.

• Bachelor of Arts from Midland University with a triple major in English, History, and Secondary Education
• Master of Arts in American Studies from Columbia University, 2003.
• Graduate of the year-long Professional Coaching Course, New Ventures West
• Associate Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation
• As 2HLL's Chief Operating Officer, Margaret engages daily with the "behind the scenes" strategic direction, process refinement, and ongoing operations that are critical to any entrepreneur's success.
• She spent 6 years in Human Resources and Information Technology, including incentive compensation plan design, job evaluation for roles from the mailroom to the executive level, and managing the annual bonus payout for a multinational insurance company, experience that led to IT consulting roles for Fortune 500 companies on both the East and West Coasts.
• As an entrepreneur herself, Margaret has experienced and tested strategies for many of the Mindset challenges entrepreneurs face, including a belligerent Inner Critic, chronic overwhelm, a plethora of time management issues, ongoing Imposter Syndrome and doubt, and staying the course through the revenue ups and downs.
• A former author of national best-selling romance fiction, Margaret has shifted to non- fiction, including co-authoring the forthcoming Lifestyle Lawyer Revolution: Live a Life You Love Without Leaving the Law (spring 2025). She's managed the complex requirements for both traditional publishing venues and self- publishing, from concept development through content creation to marketing and promotion.
• She offers pro bono coaching to a select few clients who have capped out in their current roles, yet know they can do - and be - more.

Leighton Spinks is the Student Success Manager at 2-Hour Lifestyle Lawyer, where she supports students by answering questions, offering guidance, and helping them make the most of their experience in the program. With 8 years of experience as an executive assistant and a background in paralegal studies—Leighton brings a keen understanding of the behind-the-scenes systems that help businesses run smoothly. 

When she’s not managing inboxes, streamlining systems, or supporting entrepreneurs behind the scenes, you’ll find her enjoying good music and spending time with her husband and pet rabbit.

Marie Oliver serves as our dedicated Happiness Coordinator for attorneys and attorney members. With nearly 14 years of experience supporting attorneys—particularly in estate planning and other areas of law—Marie deeply understands the challenges legal professionals face and the kind of support that truly makes a difference.